Our Senior Team
Matthias Schwarz
Head of trading | Career capital founder | Director at great Mai
With 25 years of experience in Fixed-income trading, Matthias served as the Head of Trading at a major U.S. investment bank. Throughout his career, he has gained a deep understanding of financial markets.
Matthias was integral in leadership and development within the finance industry, having served on the AFME Credit Board, as a Committee Member for MD and Director promotions and as part of the Graduate Recruitment Senior Steering Committee. His commitment to Diversity and Inclusion was reflected in his membership on the global LGBT committee. Matthias has established his own Family Office and speaks fluent German.
Practise Areas:
Trading and Sales
Research and Quants
Investment Banking and Capital Markets
Fixed Income and Equities
D&I

Peadar Sionoid
UK Country CEO | Pension Trustee | Investment Banking & Capital Markets Expert
Peadar Sionoid was the UK Country CEO for a prominent European bank’s Market and Investment Banking division, bringing over 20 years of experience in investment banking and capital markets. Throughout his career, Peadar has developed deep expertise in structured products, quantitative analysis, and exotic options, with a particular focus on trading and market-making complex fixed-income products for the past decade.
In addition to his leadership role, Peadar served as a Pension Trustee, where he managed the buyout of a large defined benefit scheme. He has also held regulatory and operational responsibility for one of the largest European workout portfolios post-financial crisis. Peadar holds a BSc and MSc from University College Dublin and a PhD from the University of Cambridge. He is fluent in both German and French.
Practise Areas:
Complex & Vanilla Derivatives and Options
Structured Products
Workout Portfolios
Regulatory and Compliance
Risk management
Rates and broader Fixed Income

Michael Cook
Risk Management | Quantitative and automated Trading Expert
Michael Cook has over 25 years of experience trading, including three victories in the annual real money World Cup Championship of Trading. His expertise spans institutional trading,
Michael has founded regulated investment vehicles in both the UK and the USA and has alpha capture relationships with major global and Asian hedge funds. He holds degrees from The London School of Economics, Birkbeck, and King’s College London. He is a Chartered Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Securities & Investment and previously served as a Governor of the London School of Economics and as Co-Chair and Trustee of a UK registered charity that donated over £3.5m to good causes.
Practise Areas:
Emerging markets
Commodities
Complex & Vanilla Derivatives
Model-based, algorithmic & automated trading strategies
Special situation trading in Equities and Fixed Income
Risk management