Full Name
Jake Turner
Job Title
Associate Portfolio Manager
Company
Kite Lake Capital
Speaker Bio
Prior to joining Kite Lake as a Partner in October 2013, Mr Turner worked at Portman Square Capital (PSC) from March 2012 until April 2013. At PSC he was a senior analyst focusing primarily on global opportunities in risk arbitrage investing. PSC is a multi-strategy hedge fund focusing on global special situations, equity long/short, volatility arbitrage and convertible bond arbitrage situations. Prior to joining PSC, Mr Turner worked for Citigroup's Citi Principal Strategies (CPS) division, the banks proprietary trading group. From July 2008 until March 2012 he was a member of a three-person team at CPS managing a US$1bn gross value global risk arbitrage and event catalyst trading portfolio. Mr Turner focused primarily on European and US risk arbitrage analysis and also took responsibility for developing and implementing investment strategies using equity derivatives. Prior to working within CPS Mr Turner worked from October 2006 until July 2008 as an analyst for the Special Situations proprietary trading desk within Citigroup's Equity Sales and Trading group. In 2012 Mr Turner obtained the Certificate in Quantitative Finance. Mr Turner holds a MSci in Physics from Imperial College London.
Jake Turner