Oli Knight

Oli is Associate Vice President – Quantitative Finance recruitment at Harrington Starr, specialising in quantitative trading and hedge fund recruitment across North America.

He works closely with hedge funds, proprietary trading firms, market makers, and systematic trading businesses across New York and Chicago, with particular expertise in options, volatility trading, ETF market making, and quantitative equities.

Oli primarily partners with quantitative traders, portfolio managers, quantitative researchers, and trading technologists operating within highly competitive and performance-driven environments. His focus is centred around the evolution of modern trading firms and how specialist teams compete through innovation, culture, and entrepreneurial thinking.

Passionate about financial markets and quantitative finance, Oli has a strong interest in options and volatility trading, market structure, systematic investing, and the movement of talent across the trading landscape.