Massoud Heidari is a Managing Director and Global Co-Head of the Central Liquidity Group at Point72 Asset Management, the Firm’s global trading organization.
From 2013 to 2015, he was the founding partner and CEO/CIO of tPlus Technology, a technology-oriented hedge fund.
Prior to founding tPlus Technology, Dr. Heidari was the senior founding member, Chief Executive Officer and Chief Investment Officer of Caspian Capital Management, LLC (“CCM”), an alternative investment firm with peak AUM exceeding $2Bn. From 2000 to 2012, CCM managed fixed income relative value, emerging market and quantitative systematic strategies on a discretionary basis for institutional clients. In his capacity as CIO, Dr. Heidari was responsible for all of CCM’s investment management activities.
From 1994 to 2000, he was a Managing Director at CDC Investment Management Company (CIMCO), where he was responsible for the management of several fixed income arbitrage portfolios totaling over $2Bn.
Prior to joining CIMCO, he held senior positions in fixed income research, trading and portfolio management with a number of buy-side and sell-side firms.
Dr. Heidari holds a Ph.D. and a B.S. in Civil Engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and an M. Phil in Soil Mechanics from Cambridge University.