Andy Legg Email & Phone Number

San Francisco, California, Us

Delivering talent at the nexus of Quant, Tech, and AI, at the #1 search firm for Technology and Product globally.By combining Riviera's knowledge of “west coast” tech with our deep understanding of quant finance, we provide decades of experience delivering talent in both quantitative finance and technology sectors.

New York, Ny, Us

Team Head of Experienced Engineering Recruitment (5 person team) - Labs, AI, Modeling, Platform, Data, Trading, Reliability, Core, Product Management & TPM, Engineering Managers, Senior SWE, Security & Infra.

Miami, Florida, Us

Bespoke Engineering Recruitment across most asset class businesses (GFI, Equities, Commodities, Credit) within Citadel Asset Management | Recruited & headhunted experienced talent for Quantitative Development, Software Engineering, Product Mgt, Citadel X, Electronic Trading Engineering, and other areas.

Stamford, Connecticut, Us

Fusion / Alpha Capture - Quant Research, Quant Dev, Software & Data Engineering In Market Intelligence at Point72 we’re looking for people who are always asking, "Why?" Our Quant Researchers, PMs, Data Scientists, and Engineers are problem-solvers, analytical thinkers, and innovators. Whether discovering new data sources or insights, using alternative data and machine learning techniques, or generating alpha-producing ideas, signals, and trading strategies – we are changing the way we make investment decisions.

Greenwich, Connecticut, Us

Having placed 25+ candidates with AQR from 2012-17 as an agency recruiter, I was hired by the firm to go in-house. I became the Lead Recruiter for three departments during high growth at AQR - Portfolio Implementation, Trading, and Risk. I also completed senior searches across Research, Engineering, and International offices. My role consisted of:1. Talent Sourcing - a combination of headhunting and partnering with select agencies, where I made 48 hires in 2018. 17 of these were my own headhunts.2. Building processes for each position - helped create scorecards to evaluate potential talent via competency-based interviews and tech assessments.3. Overseeing and executing processes - with candidates and internal clients from beginning to end. 4. Built Market Maps and completed bespoke research projects - i.e., mapping & evaluating Senior Data Science talent across Financial Services and FAANG, which I presented to 2 Partners and the Head of Recruitment.5. Attended Ph.D. Industry Conferences, where I interviewed prospective candidates and evaluated their job papers.6. Built relationships with leading academics, Professors, and the NY tech community. 7. Provided market intel to AQR Partners & MDs, involving market trends, competitive analysis, and news.

New York, Ny, Us

Team QTD focused on solving complex and challenging searches at the intersection of Quant, Tech, and Data. Where QTD became GQR’s first retained-only business. Leveraging years of placements with leading buy-side clients (Bridgewater, AQR, Citadel, Jump) and fusing this with tech clients in emerging areas (Artificial Intelligence, NLP, Deep Learning, Autonomous Driving, VR & Gaming, R&D). Our methodology truly differentiated us: 1. Talent mapping to source and index on hard-to-attain award-winning talent from tech and research communities largely away from LinkedIn - via GitHub, Google Scholar, Open Source, Tech conferences and events, academic networks, competitions from hackathons to datathons etc.2. Gained creditability with technologists by understanding their skillset and value, then educating them on how their work could apply to the right firm and the type of career path they could forge by transitioning into quant finance. 3. Quality over quantity. Disciplined and high cv submission to interview to offer to hire ratios. Reference driven. Removing counter intuitive KPIs. Understanding how to assess and grade candidates in cutting edge roles per the mandate.4. Strategically pivoted away from a contingent client model, to focusing on a retained repeat business model with a highly-selective client pool. Enabling us to understand our client's proposition and culture fit, by concentrating on their needs in far greater detail as a true partner.5. We successfully placed top talent at leading buy-side asset managers and hedge funds, Series A-D start-ups, Silicon Valley tech firms, and Big Data companies across North America.

New York, Ny, Us

- GQR's 2013 Global Top Biller!- Promoted to Director and Head of GQR's Americas Business, leading both our LA and NY offices.- Managed 15+ direct reports (SVP, VP level recruiters) and oversaw 60+ indirect reports (Associate-VP)- Placed quant research, data science, and trading technologists with top-tier Buy-Side Quant Funds in Chicago and NY Tri-State, which included but wasn't limited to: AQR Capital, Getco / KCG, Bridgewater Associates, Jump Trading, GSAM, IMC.- Educated FAANG candidates on why a move to a Hedge Fund may make sense as demand for tech industry talent surged from our quant and finance clients.- I became experienced in moving engineering and data talent (computational problem solvers) from Silicon Valley to Quant Hedge Funds in New York, Connecticut, and Chicago.- My own market SME evolved from Quant Research, Derivative Pricing and Risk Management; to riding market trends for in demand Data Engineers, Research Engineers, Data Scientists and Hardware Engineers.- Placed quant risk, quant analytics, quant developer, and Strat talent with top-tier sell-side firms in NYC, Charlotte, and London: Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley, Bank of America (BAML), Citigroup (Citi).- Helped build new recruiting teams and practices including Risk, Investment Banking, Finance & Accounting, and Commodities. - Across all our US teams I hired, trained, mentored and developed recruiters at all levels.

New York, Ny, Us

- Due to high performance earned the opportunity to build out GQR's Americas business from scratch- I was GQR's first recruiter on the ground in the US and started the LA office- Hired and developed a quant recruitment team covering High-Medium-Low Frequency quant funds, electronic market-making, algo execution, as well as quantitative risk and technology teams- Expanded out into high-performance computing and trading system talent, with an onus on moving talent from Silicon Valley tech firms and chip providers into hedge fundsExample searches completed:→ Head of Electronic Volatility Trading→ Director, Automated Options Market Making→ ED, Head of Risk Model Validation→ Global Head, Single Analytics Library→ Data Research Scientist→ Front Office Low Latency C++ Software Engineer→ SVP, Commodities Portfolio Research→ VP of Engineering, E-commerce→ Head, HFT Trading Technology→ Head of Equity Quantitative Portfolio Research→ Director, Credit Risk Quant→ Short Term Trading Portfolio Quant → VP, Equity ETF Algo execution quant→ VP, Quant Developer

New York, Ny, Us

- Successfully placed quantitative analysts and developers, including an Executive Director Strat role in the Front Office of Goldman Sachs in London- Built relationships and completed repeat business with buy-side and sell-side quant firms across Europe, Asia, and North America

New York, New York, Us

Client Consultations, Business Innovation, Product Analysis, Product Development, Project Management.

Brooklyn, New York, Us

Successfully completed a year long Internship in NYC as part of the Mountbatten Program

Ma, Ma (Hons) History

High School, 11 Gcses & 4 A-Levels