People
Portfolio Management is independent from Compliance and Risk Management. Our success is driven by people.
Portfolio Management, Sales, R&DTillmann Sachs, Ph.D.CIO and Head of Research
Dr. Tillmann Sachs is Chief Investment Officer and Head of Research of J8 Capital Management LLP. He is also the fund manager of the J8 Futures Fund, Executive Director of J8 Umbrella Funds SICAV plc in Malta, and member of the Index Oversight and Maintenance Committee of the J8 CTA Index.
Prior to founding J8 in 2012, Tillmann was a derivatives marketer and product originator for customized rule-based trading strategies with Barclays, UBS, and AIG. Tillmann earned a Ph.D. in applying artificial intelligence to risk quantification from Nanyang Technological University in Singapore, a Dipl.-Ing. in Civil Engineering from RWTH Aachen in Germany, and a M.S. in Construction Management from Hanyang University in South Korea. Anil IqbalPortfolio Management and Systems
Anil Iqbal joined J8 in September 2016 as trader and strategy quant. Prior to J8, he worked 14 years for commodities trading houses EDF Trading and Barclays Capital. During that time as a trading analyst, he was in charge of intra-day trading and transmission optimisation, trade executions on exchanges and FX hedging for European Power & Gas. He also took part in fundamental analysis and modelling combined with desk p&l reporting for linear and non-linear products.
More recently at Barclays, Anil worked in the Treasury department, specifically liquidity risk management, ensuring that the Basel 3 rules were implemented in the funds transfer process. Prof. Robert TiongResearch and Index Committee
Dr. Robert Tiong is a member of the Index Oversight and Maintenance Committee of the J8 CTA Index.
Robert is an Associate Professor at the School of Civil & Environmental Engineering and Deputy Director of the Centre for Infrastructure Systems at the Nanyang Technological University (NTU) in Singapore. Prof. Tiong has published extensively on project financing and financial modelling. David BeeNED
David Bee first joined J8 in December 2017 and is a non-executive director of the company.
David has over 30 years of senior banking experience in the Fixed Income, Currency and Commodity (FICC) industry. David gained financial product, sales, risk and governance expertise from working within Investment Banking, Wholesale, Corporate, Private Banking and Wealth Management as Country Head and on Regional and Global levels with Citigroup, Deutsche Bank, Standard Chartered and Lloyds Banking Group. Starting his career in London, and moving on to lead and build high performing client focused businesses in Tokyo, Singapore, Milan, Stockholm and New York, David brings international outlook and growth experience to J8. David has been married for over 30 years and has two boys. He is a keen fan of F1, a Chelsea season ticket holder, enjoys cycling and walking his Bulldog Claude. |
Compliance, Risk ManagementSandy ChuCOAO and Compliance
Sandy Chu joined J8 and the board of J8 Umbrella Funds SICAV plc in October 2012. She is J8’s Compliance Officer and Chief Operating and Administrative Officer.
Sandy has over 18 years of executive management experience in timing and workflow automation in the international shipping industry including Maersk Line and being the owners representative for Team Lines Deutschland GmbH in the UK. She holds an Investment Management Certificate and a Bachelor of Business in Actuarial Science from the Nanyang Technological University in Singapore. Ian FridlingtonDistribution and Risk Management
Ian Fridlington joined J8 in January 2017 to support the distribution, compliance and risk management functions.
Ian has over 30 years’ experience in providing investment management solutions for UK and global wealth management businesses, with over 15 years’ experience in alternative strategies. Previously a Partner with private equity firm, CopperTree Capital Management Ltd, Private Client Director, Veritas Asset Management (UK) Ltd and Head of Investment Strategy, Ansbacher & Co Limited, Ian has also held investment and client facing roles within retail and international banking groups. Ian holds the Investment Management Certificate and is an Associate of the London Institute of Banking & Finance. Irmin HaukeConsultant
Irmin Hauke first joined J8 Capital Management LLP in July 2014 and is a consultant to the company
Prior to J8, Irmin was a Senior Portfolio Manager with Assenagon Asset Management S.A. for 6 years and Financial Engineer, futures and options trader at Bayerische Landesbank for 9 years. He graduated from the University Nuertingen with a Master in Business Administration, majoring in banking, financial management and controlling. |
Skin in the game
Tillmann Sachs is investing a significant portion of his own wealth in the J8 Futures Fund, J8 Global Absolute Return UCITS Fund and the firm.