According to reports, Gautam Sharma, CEO of Brevan Howard's digital assets department, will leave after five years. This change could impact the department's development, which has seen significant growth in recent years and currently manages $2 billion in assets.
According to Bloomberg on Wednesday, Brevan Howard has no plans to fill this position. Meanwhile, the company promoted former Coinbase global trading and financing head Chris Rayner-Cook to Chief Investment Officer of the digital assets department in May.
Brevan Howard's digital assets department has more than 10 portfolio managers, 13 investment professionals, and 15 blockchain engineers.
According to his LinkedIn profile, Sharma initially served as the head of principal investments at Brevan Howard and collaborated with the company's co-founder Alan Howard to manage the family's investments in crypto and digital assets. Previously, Sharma was the Chief Operating Officer at Steadview Capital and held several positions at McKinsey.
Brevan Howard is headquartered in Jersey and has offices in London, Geneva, New York, and Hong Kong, with over 1,000 employees, managing over $34 billion in assets as of April 2025.
The company established its digital department in September 2021. In 2024, with improvements in the macro environment, the funds managed by this department achieved a return of 51.3%.
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