Dawn Ray

Principal at Ray Consulting Group, Inc.

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Accomplished retained search professional with unique in-house recruiting experience at one of the world's top hedge funds. Proven track record placing acclaimed business leaders, partnering trading professionals with capital sources, building trading teams, and providing advisory and research services to hedge funds and proprietary trading firms. Client list includes some of the most revered firms in the investment space and has a particular focus in quantitative and electronic trading strategies. Conducts business for clients on the East and West Coasts, in the Midwest, and in Europe and Asia.

Specialties: Quantitative Research, High Frequency, Statistical Arbitrage, Systematic Trading, Structured Credit, Options, Market-Making, Volatility, Arbitrage, Energy Trading, Macro, Equities, Distressed, Private Equity, Derivatives, C++ Development

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  • Principal

    Ray Consulting Group, Inc.

    - Present 21 years 1 month

    Ray Consulting Group is a boutique retained search firm which partners with industry leaders to source and recruit top talent for building teams and businesses globally. The firm has an outstanding track record working with premier hedge funds, proprietary trading firms, and asset management firms, both established and start-up, in placing portfolio managers, analysts, and senior trading, quantitative and technology professionals across a variety of investment strategies. The firm also…

    Ray Consulting Group is a boutique retained search firm which partners with industry leaders to source and recruit top talent for building teams and businesses globally. The firm has an outstanding track record working with premier hedge funds, proprietary trading firms, and asset management firms, both established and start-up, in placing portfolio managers, analysts, and senior trading, quantitative and technology professionals across a variety of investment strategies. The firm also conducts searches for select senior non-trading roles in risk, operations, and business leadership, and provides advisory and research services.

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    Director, Recruiting

    Citadel Investment Group

    - 6 years

    Greater Chicago Area

    Established the internal recruiting function and managed the team responsible for building out and growing Citadel's many businesses including Quantitative Strategies, Energy Trading, Options Market-Making and Volatility, Fixed-Income, Structured Credit, Distressed Investing, Event-Driven Trading and Long/Short Equity. Conducted searches for all functions for the business and within the firm, covering trading and quantitative research and risk, technology and back office and including all…

    Established the internal recruiting function and managed the team responsible for building out and growing Citadel's many businesses including Quantitative Strategies, Energy Trading, Options Market-Making and Volatility, Fixed-Income, Structured Credit, Distressed Investing, Event-Driven Trading and Long/Short Equity. Conducted searches for all functions for the business and within the firm, covering trading and quantitative research and risk, technology and back office and including all geographies.

  • Research Associate

    Heidrick & Struggles

    - 1 year

    Greater Chicago Area

    Worked as a Generalist across industries with special focus in Financial Services

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