James West
Chief Executive Officer at Globe Derivative Exchange.
James West is a technologist, digital assets pioneer and former trader and investor.
He led the quantitative team at a hedge fund for four years, growing it from a small family fund to $300m assets under management with incredible risk-adjusted returns. He earned his PhD from UCL, just across from DeepMind’s Demis Hassabis, his research has now generated over 600 citations. Prior to that he studied algebraic geometry at Cambridge University under 2018 Fields Medallist Caucher Birkar.