Fasanara Capital appoints Jump Crypto director as new head of trading

Alternative asset manager Fasanara Capital has appointed Chris Drew as the firm’s new head of trading. 

Drew will be based in London in his new role and joins the buy-side firm after six years at Jump Crypto. 

He initially joined Jump Crypto in 2019 as a trader in digital assets, before working his way up to head of trading, London for digital assets, and later stepping up as a director and board member. 

Drew also brings extensive quantitative trading experience to his new role and previously spent more than a decade across this sector, working as a trader at firms including Jump Trading, Sun Trading and JP Morgan. 

During this period, he worked in locations spanning London and New York, where he traded across spot FX, futures and multi-asset. 

Fasanara Capital declined to comment when contacted by The TRADE.