A portfolio manager and trader for over 20 years, Ben oversees Auros' commercial trajectory, where and how we invest in projects and venues, and has ultimate oversight for our algorithmic market making business. He has a proven track record of performance in the fields of derivatives structuring, volatility and high frequency trading. His early career was forged at Optiver in Sydney and Chicago, running various trading books in New York and Hong Kong, before going on to establish Auros as the firm’s Head of Trading. He holds a First Class Honours degree in Accounting and Finance from UNSW.
Brendan is Auros’s technological lead, along with being a co-founder of the business. With a varied background in developing both trading system architecture and innovative non-trading solutions, he, like Ben, spent his formative years at Optiver, being responsible for various software- and platform-based teams. Brendan has an academic background in Computer Software Engineering.
Having established himself as a go-to authority on new platforms, products and ecosystem growth, Jason drives Auros' commercial relationships and is responsible for the firm's unique partnership model, as well as shaping our external value proposition. Following a 14-year career in institutional finance, building global Macro/FX client franchises at Macquarie, Citi and BoAML, he made the switch to Digital Assets via work on projects such as Matrixport and Bit.com. Jason holds a Bachelor of Business in Finance and Accounting at UTS.
