Tobias Gehrke

Mr. Gehrke is a private investor and advisor to hedge funds and private equity firms. He was the co-head of Global Distribution for Citadel Asset Management until June 2015 when he retired. He was responsible for business development in EMEA, Asia and Australia.

Prior to joining Citadel in 2008, Mr. Gehrke led the Government Institutions Group for the Equities and Alternative businesses with Merrill Lynch. Previously, Mr. Gehrke was with Goldman, Sachs & Co in Equity Derivatives as Head of Sales for Northern Europe. Prior to going into finance, Mr. Gehrke worked as a chemical engineer designing highly efficient combined cycle power plants.

In 2016, Mr. Gehrke founded Athletes Without Frontiers (AWF). AWF’s mission is to establish a global community of socially conscious endurance athletes who support charity through perseverance in sports. AWF will be a central point of connection between athletes around the world and a select set of not-for-profit organizations who enable social empowerment in the communities they serve through improving health, education and job creation.

Mr. Gehrke holds an MBA in International Finance from New York University and a master’s degree in Chemical Engineering from the Technical University of Denmark.