Citadel Investment Group, L.L.C. today announced three senior hires that will further expand the firm´s capabilities in the global fixed income business. Timothy Bryan Wilkinson, a former head of fixed income proprietary trading at Lehman Brothers, will join Citadel´s proprietary trading group along with John Alexander Goodridge, also from Lehman. Alex Maddox will join Citadel as Head of Securitized Products in Europe. They will report to Patrik Edsparr, Head of Global Fixed Income and CEO of Citadel Europe.
"Citadel continues to attract top talent from across the industry as we strengthen our business on a global scale," Mr. Edsparr said. "Tim and John have a proven track record in proprietary trading. Their investment acumen, along with Alex´s securitized products expertise, will further contribute to the depth and success of the firm´s global fixed income business."
Prior to heading FID Proprietary Trading at Lehman, Mr. Wilkinson served as a European bond option and short swaption market maker at Merrill Lynch. He has an MS degree in computer science from Imperial College London and a BS degree in mathematics from Bristol University. Mr. Goodridge most recently served as a senior proprietary trader at Lehman. Prior to that, he worked at Shooter Fund Management as a senior fund manager.
Mr. Maddox served with Lehman in London for 14 years, most recently as Managing Director of Securitized Products Trading. Mr. Maddox established Lehman´s mortgage trading desk, and had served as Head of Residential Mortgage, ABS and CMBS Trading and Risk for Europe. Mr. Maddox earned an MS degree in engineering science from Oxford University and also served as a Director, Head of Credit Derivatives Trading at Greenwich Natwest.
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