Justin Shih

• Lead operations across three regions, overseeing trade support for a $11bn alternative asset manager.
• Streamlined operations by implementing effective standard operating procedures.
• Manage a global team of twelve across operations, fund admin liaison, and investment ops; instilling a unified execution culture across time zones.
• Spearheaded the optimization of Paladyne OMS/PMS platform, improving trade capture accuracy and reducing processing time.
• Established trade fail reconciliation workflows with fund admin and prime brokers, reducing manual break resolution.
• Facilitated seamless communication between departments, fostering better collaboration and teamwork.
• Navigate complex business challenges with strategic planning and decision-making abilities.

Boundary Creek is a $1.68n Global LS Credit Hedge Fund that launched in July 2019 and actively manages 3 separate funds.

• Oversaw the successful launch of Boundary Creek with $150mm in AUM into $1.6bn.
• Management of the firm's non-investment activities. Finance/Treasury, Operations, HR, Compliance and Legal.
• Developed best-in-class operational infrastructure, procedures, and controls for trading in credit, equities, listed derivatives, and OTC derivative products and macro products.
• Served on the Management Committee, Risk Committee, and Valuation Committee.
• Regularly participating in Board Meetings for the fund and providing an operational or counterparty risk summary to the Fund's Directors.
• Oversaw the firm's IT Infrastructure and successfully led the outsourced IT migration from ECI to The Abacus Group.
• Oversight of the firm's Cybersecurity and Compliance and holder of the SMF16 and SMF17 FCA compliance functions.
• Managed the launch of various funds and new strategies.
• Negotiated and managed all third-party vendor contracts.
• Responsible for all counterparty due diligence and onboarding across the US and EMEA.

ENA is an $800mm multi-disciplinary equity and credit hedge fund that invests opportunistically across the capital structure with an event driven philosophy.

• Management of the firm's non-investment activities
• Maintain the IT infrastructure and overall management, governance and oversight
• Managed the entire post-trade life cycle
• Supervised a team of two operations analysts
• Led the integration and implementation of the entire firms infrastructure
• Defined all operational, compliance and reporting practices
• Managed and expanded all third party provider relationships
• Developed the firms regulatory reporting procedures for: AIFMD, EMIR, ESMA Short Selling and MiFID 2
• Main point contact for all negotiated contracts
• Oversee the outsourced middle office (Citco)

Multi strategy hedge fund managing $9bn with offices Globally (NY, HK & UK). The firm predominantly invested in L/S Credit but also traded L/S Equity, Macro, FX and Rates.

• Successfully led the firm's full integration and continual compliance for: The 2014 ISDA Credit Derivatives Definitions Protocol, ISDA 2013 EMIR Portfolio Reconciliation, Dispute Resolution and Disclosure Protocol, CSDR and T+2: harmonizing securities settlements practices in Europe.
• Coordinated the on boarding of any new European trading counter-party's
• Oversee the entire European trade life cycle
• Oversee daily cash management
• Managed and mentored the global trading assistant team
• Daily pricing and ongoing valuation of the portfolio
• Served as board member for our Claren Road Lux Co. entities
• Served as an execution trader for l/s equity, credit and rates

• Served as the primary contact with the front office trading desk to carry out a series of business-critical functions
• Provided coverage for traders in their absence to execute and fill equity orders at the request of the portfolio managers
• Execution and management of the firms hedging in the portfolio
• Developed relationships with sales traders and research sales teams to enhance execution and order flow
• Provided daily liquidity updates and financing details for all of our current and prospective short positions

Advent manages more than $9bn across several traditional and alternative strategies. The firm invests in hedged and long only strategies, close end mutual funds with a focus on convertible securities.

• Managed the entire life cycle of all trades
• Participated in two separate implementations for entire firms operational infrastructure (AIM/Charles River).
• Assist portfolio managers and traders with updated account performance and P&L
• Manage all the day to day activities for the firm's two hedge-fund strategies
• Served as the lead contact for all Hedge Fund related issues with our Prime Brokers