Wintermute
Wintermute

Building the future of decentralized finance

Learn about a leading algorithmic trading firm and builder advancing the decentralized world
All of our businesses are built around our core expertise - trading technology and liquidity provision. All of our businesses are designed to be highly complementary and enhance each other and it is our objective to be the market leader in every business we operate.
Evgeny Gaevoy, founder and CEO of Wintermute Group

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Evgeny Gaevoy
Evgeny Gaevoy
Founder & CEO
Evgeny Gaevoy
Founder & CEO
Evgeny has 15+ years of experience growing fintech businesses. He has consistently grown market share in Europe’s top fiat exchanges, developed and executed ambitious expansion projects and led agile cross-functional teams. Prior to founding Wintermute, Evgeny built and ran the Optiver's European ETF business (HFT and OTC) - one of the largest in the EU.
Evgeny holds MSc in Finance and EMBA from London Business School. He is an avid reader (particularly enjoys philosophical and sci-fi pieces) and supports Dota 2 as an amateur gamer.
Marina Gurevich
Marina Gurevich
Chief Operating Officer
Marina Gurevich
Chief Operating Officer
Prior to joining Wintermute, Marina was a growth strategy consultant and the founder of System2Labs. She helped dozens of Private Equity and Venture Capital backed B2B companies accelerate growth.
Prior to management consulting, Marina gained 10+ years of experience managing strategy, sales and marketing functions of Fortune 100 companies including Procter & Gamble, Philips and Nikon.
Valentine Samko
Valentine Samko
Chief Technology Officer
Valentine Samko
Chief Technology Officer
Valentine has over 20 years of experience in software architecture and development, including 15 years at top tier banks (Barclays, Morgan Stanley, Standard Chartered) and proprietary trading firms (XTX, Dain Capital), working on quantitative algorithms and high performance low latency trading platforms.
Prior to Wintermute, Valentine was working on a low latency trading platform at XTX, a leading global quantitative trading firm. Valentine holds a PhD in Computer Science/Maths.
Morgan Vincent
Morgan Vincent
Head of Trading
Morgan Vincent
Head of Trading
Morgan has over 8 years of experience in trading. Prior to Wintermute, he was an equity options trader at Optiver, an equity sales trader at Kyte Broking and was building crypto trading algorithms in his spare time. Morgan holds MSc in Finance from Skema Business School and MSc in Computer Science. He joined Wintermute to pursue his passion and leads the CeFi trading and OTC teams.
Yoann Turpin
Yoann Turpin
Co-founder
Yoann Turpin
Co-founder
Yoann has 10+ years of experience as a high-frequency trader at Optiver. Prior to co-founding Wintermute, Yoann worked in London’s hedge funds and family offices. Yoann is a seasoned startup investor and serves as a board member or advisor to over 10 startups. Yoann holds MSc from EdHec business school. In his spare time, Yoann enjoys learning new languages.
Jonathan Chan
Jonathan Chan
Global Head of Business Development and Partnerships
Jonathan Chan
Global Head of Business Development and Partnerships
Prior to joining Wintermute, Jonathan had 10+ years of experience in TradFi across a global leading market maker and a multi-billion dollar asset management firm. Before shifting to business development, Jonathan was an Options Trader at Citadel Securities in Chicago. Jonathan graduated with Honors in Bachelor of Science degree from University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.
Lilian Tan
Lilian Tan
Chief Compliance Officer
Lilian Tan
Chief Compliance Officer
Prior to Wintermute, Lilian has built an extensive Compliance career over 10 years across a range of financial service firms. Her previous positions included Head of Compliance in an algorithmic trading firm, Chief Compliance Officer role in a global macro hedge fund and consultant in various compliance consultancy firms. Lilian completed the Bar Vocational Course and holds a Master’s degree in Law from University College London.
Nalaka Gamage
Nalaka Gamage
Chief Financial Officer
Nalaka Gamage
Chief Financial Officer
Nalaka has over 15 years of Finance experience across a number of financial services firms. Most recently Nalaka was the group controller at XTX Markets. Prior to this Nalaka held senior finance positions within KCG and GETCO (now acquired by Virtu Financial). Nalaka also worked at Bank of America Merrill Lynch Finance, supporting the global markets and electronic trading teams. Nalaka is a chartered management accountant (ACMA) and holds an MBA.

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