Tarik Hsaini

Quantitative finance partner and quant head at Rokos Capital Management (from Jan 2026). Prior: ~9 years at Deutsche Bank (to Managing Director) and ~12 years at Goldman Sachs (Executive Director); started as an equity-derivatives quant at HSBC Securities, Paris (2004-2005). Master's from Ecole Polytechnique. IMO bronze medallist for Morocco (2000).

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• Quant employment verification: CONFIRMED. Tarik Hsaini has a documented quantitative-finance career with actual roles across four employers, all of which genuinely operate in quantitative finance: (1) Rokos Capital Management, London — a macro/multi-asset hedge fund (AIFM), where he is Partner and Head of Quantitative Investing from Jan 2026 (confirmed by Financial News, Risk.net, Hedgeweek and Companies House/Endole filings naming him an LLP member); (2) Deutsche Bank — Managing Director, 2017-2026 (~9 yrs), at a bank with a major equity-derivatives/quant business; (3) Goldman Sachs — Executive Director, 2005-2017 (~12 yrs); (4) HSBC Securities, Paris — Quantitative Analyst in Equity Derivatives, 2004-2005. The current role is press-confirmed (not index-only); the earlier roles are index/LinkedIn-derived. No student program, camp, or insight day is being counted; identity is supported (IMO-2000 Moroccan contestant, born May 1982, UK-resident Rokos partner — consistent).Jan 27, 2026
• Rokos Capital Management appointed Tarik Hsaini as a Partner and Head of Quantitative Investing in its London office, announced January 2026; he joined from Deutsche Bank.Jan 27, 2026
• LinkedIn profile (index-derived, not independently verified) shows career: Rokos Capital Management Partner (2026-), Deutsche Bank Managing Director (2017-2026, ~9 yrs), Goldman Sachs Executive Director (2005-2017, ~12 yrs), HSBC Securities Quantitative Analyst in equity derivatives, Paris (2004-2005).2026
• Endole (Companies House data) lists Tarik Hsaini, born May 1982, UK resident, currently a Non-designated LLP Member of Rokos Capital Management LLP — the birth year is consistent with an IMO 2000 contestant (about 18 in 2000), independently corroborating that the Rokos quant head and the Moroccan Olympiad contestant are the same person rather than a namesake.2026
• Employer classification: all four employers are genuine quantitative-finance venues, not superficially 'quant'-named firms — Rokos Capital Management is a London macro/multi-asset hedge fund (AIFM); Deutsche Bank and Goldman Sachs run large equity-derivatives and quant businesses; HSBC Securities equity derivatives is a sell-side quant desk. The HSBC role's own LinkedIn description reads 'Quant in Equity Derivatives'.2026
• Career trajectory: HSBC (2004-2005) to Goldman Sachs (2005-2017, 12 yrs) to Deutsche Bank (2017-2026, 9 yrs) to a hedge-fund partner seat — a near-continuous sell-side quantitative career (bank quant desks) before the first buy-side/hedge-fund role at Rokos.2026
• Tarik Hsaini competed for Morocco at the IMO in 2000 (bronze, 13 pts, rank 190) and 1999, per the official IMO results database.2000
• Risk.net's industry-people column (27 Feb 2026) records Rokos Capital Management hiring Tarik Hsaini as head of quantitative investing, based in London, joining from Deutsche Bank.Feb 27, 2026
• Hedgeweek reports Rokos Capital hired a Deutsche Bank managing director — Tarik Hsaini — to lead quant investing, tying the hire to Rokos having posted a 21% return the prior year.Jan 29, 2026
• ENRICH NOTE: LinkedIn education field shows a Master in Maths, economics, Finance, Computer science at Ecole Polytechnique (2001-2004).2004
• Companies House lists Tarik Hsaini as an active LLP Member of Rokos Capital Management LLP (OC398894).2026
• Crunchbase lists his primary job title as 'Partner and Head of Quantitative Investing' at Rokos Capital Management, London — consistent with the press-reported quant head role.2026