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Senior Partners

Percival Ravenswood

SENIOR PARTNER


  • Percival attended Eton College for his A-Levels (AAAAA) before studying for a Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy, Politics, and Economics at Oxford, where he graduated with First Class Honours, where he was a member of the Bullingdon Club.


  • After Oxford, he enrolled in Harvard's 2+2 program, where he eventually graduated from Harvard Business School with a Master of Business Administration specializing in Finance, receiving the Baker's Scholar accolade for stellar academic performance.


  • Percival commenced his career as an Investment Analyst at the global hedge fund Citadel, based in London, on global equities in L/S equities, event-driven reactive investing, and special situations cash equities trading.


  • After Citadel and Harvard Business School, Percival joined D.E. Shaw then Millennium as a Portfolio Manager and was particularly involved, inter alia, in a proprietary adjusted cash secured put strategy naturally focusing on theta trading that raised his risk limits with the firm and therefore and resultantly risk-adjusted returns over time.


  • At D.E. Shaw and Millennium, Percival worked as a Portfolio Manager with a team of Investment Analysts for the best part of the decade before ultimately joining Longshanks Capital. He generated world class alpha generation with convertible arbitrage and equity derivatives trading with a consistently commendable Sharpe ratio of 3+. Notably, Percival's derivatives trading experience is especially transferable to Longshanks Capital's bottom line.

Robert Kehres

SENIOR PARTNER


  • Robert started his professional career at the c. USD 2 billion AUM hedge fund LIM Advisors in convertible arbitrage, special situations, and statistical arbitrage aged 20 before becoming a Quantitative Trader at J.P. Morgan in London, trading c. 100 USD billion in FX a day on the eFX Trading desk.


  • After working at a hedge fund and an investment bank both with longstanding prestige, Robert ventured into entrepreneurship for the past decade, founding six ventures in finance, technology, and their intersection—all EBITDA-profitable and operational today.


  • Before founding Longshanks Capital with Kevin Schneider and Maurice Constatatin, Robert founded aged 30 and was the hedge fund manager for the Pan-Asian convertible arbitrage, special situations, and statistical arbitrage hedge fund 18 Salisbury Capital and was joined by hedge fund veterans Michael Gibson, Masanori Takakau, and Stephen Yuen.


  • Robert holds a Bachelor of Arts in Computer Science, Mathematics from Cambridge, and Physics (1st)—where he spent a year abroad at MIT (5.0/5.0)—and earned a Master of Physics (Integrated) in Physics (Distinction) from Cambridge. After Cambridge, Robert earned a Master of Science in Financial Mathematics (Distinction) from Oxford. Finally, Robert holds a Master of Experience (Honors) from Stanford GSB.

Junior Partners

Nagi Reddy

Varun Kulkarni

Varun Kulkarni

QUANTITATIVE DEVELOPER


Nagi holds a Bachelor of Technology in Computer Science from IIT Bhubaneswar. He has worked as a Data Scientist at Turing, one of the world’s fastest-growing AI companies, driving the advancement and deployment of cutting-edge AI systems. Before joining Longshanks Capital, Nagi was a Cybersecurity Analyst at the Bhubaneswar–Cuttack Police Commissionerate and an Analyst at the United Kingdom's Arts and Humanities Research Council.

Varun Kulkarni

Varun Kulkarni

Varun Kulkarni

QUANTITATIVE STRATEGIST


Varun holds a Bachelor of Technology in Mechanical Engineering and Computer Science from IIT Bombay, where he ranked 1644 in the JEE Advanced. Before joining Longshanks Capital, Varun was a Data Scientist at Microsoft, where he explored the causal relationships and feature analysis of Developers. And before his experience at Microsoft, he gained valuable experience in business development at Olive Gaea.

Yash Kumar

Varun Kulkarni

Yash Kumar

PROPRIETARY TRADER


Yash holds a Bachelor of Technology in Electrical Engineering from IIT Delhi, where he ranked 2892 in the JEE Advanced. Before joining Longshanks Capital, Yash was a Blockchain Researcher at the Indian School of Business in addition to being a Cryptography Researcher at IIT Delhi. Most notably, Yash has received an offer from J.P. Morgan as a Trader in structured products. He also has been awarded with the presitigous Reliance Foundation Scholarship.

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