Encarna Knutson

Encarna Knutson specializes in recruiting within the digital asset and quantitative trading space, partnering with hedge funds, proprietary trading firms, market makers, and crypto-native trading platforms. Her focus is primarily on front-office hiring, with a particular emphasis on Portfolio Managers, Quantitative Researchers, and other high-performing quantitative talent across systematic and alpha-generating strategies.

She works closely with firms building and scaling digital asset trading businesses, from established financial institutions expanding into crypto to emerging platforms developing cutting-edge trading infrastructure. Encarna is particularly engaged with the key trends shaping the market, including the institutionalization of digital assets, the growth of multi-manager platforms, the evolution of systematic macro strategies, and the increasing convergence between traditional quantitative finance and crypto markets.