Leucadia Asset Management
Rob Kirkwood is an experienced finance professional currently serving as Managing Director at Leucadia Asset Management since July 2019. Previously, Kirkwood held the position of CEO at Carrhae Capital from September 2011 to July 2019, where the firm specialized in global equities long/short investment strategies focused on emerging market themes. Prior roles include Managing Director at Credit Suisse Asset Management, Managing Director at BlackRock Alternative Advisors, and Principal at Quellos Group, LLC. Kirkwood also worked at UBS as Executive Director, dealing in hedge fund-linked products and equity derivatives. Academic qualifications include an M.Phil in Economics and a First Class MA from the University of Cambridge, as well as a Baccalaureat Europeen from the European School Brussels.
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Leucadia Asset Management
Leucadia Asset Management* (“LAM”) is a diversified alternative asset management platform offering predominantly institutional clients an innovative range of investment strategies through its affiliated asset managers. A focus on strategic alignment across LAM, its asset managers, and its institutional investor partners is at the foundation of the platform. LAM provides its affiliated asset managers with access to stable long-term capital, robust operational infrastructure, as well as global distribution. LAM offers investors the opportunity to invest alongside Jefferies Financial Group Inc. (“JEF”) (through its subsidiaries), which maintains investments with and/or equity interests in the asset managers on the platform. Our approach is enhanced by the stability and support of LAM’s parent, Jefferies Financial Group Inc., a diversified Fortune 500 financial services firm with $17Bn of permanent capital and a 40-year history.