JPMorgan tech MD joins Citadel’s top-performing team.

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Key Points:

• Citadel hired JPMorgan’s head of UI, Neil Slinger, to lead commodities core engineering team.
• Slinger is hiring former colleagues from JPMorgan’s Athena platform, including Ioana Nistoreanu.

In a recent move, Ken Griffin’s hedge fund, Citadel, has brought in JPMorgan’s head of UI, Neil Slinger, to lead its commodities core engineering team. Slinger is now hiring former colleagues from JPMorgan’s cloud-based risk calculation platform, Athena, including Ioana Nistoreanu. Nistoreanu, who has 12 years of experience at JPMorgan, joined Citadel as a software engineer in commodities, marking a significant move for the team. Their partnership at JPMorgan’s Athena platform from 2014 to 2019 has paved the way for this new collaboration at Citadel. The commodities team at Citadel has been one of the most profitable in finance, with significant bonuses distributed among portfolio managers. This hire reflects the value placed on commodities engineers in contributing to the team’s success.