Thomas Ciszewski

Thomas Ciszewski is a portfolio manager for Trovio Capital Management’s alternative and derivative based strategies and is co-portfolio manager for the alternative duration alpha fund. Thomas, in collaboration with Vimal and Philip, created and launched the ADA Fund at Pendal Group starting in 2020.

He has managed multi-asset class volatility and derivative strategies at Pendal Group and at SouthPeak Investment Management. As a senior sell-side trader he managed flow and exotic derivatives portfolios at Deutsche Bank and Macquarie Bank in Hong Kong and Sydney. At DB Sydney, he was head of trading, managing global equity derivatives, delta one, ETF and cash facilitation trading teams.

Previous to joining the sell-side, Thomas was a volatility portfolio manager in Chicago for Actis Capital. He holds a Master of Applied Finance with a focus in derivatives valuation, exotic options, and risk and portfolio management from Macquarie University in Sydney. He also attained a Bachelor of Arts in economics and business administration from Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee.