Robert Christian is a senior managing director, co-head of the Investment Research & Management (IRM) team, K2 Investment Committee member, and K2 Management Committee member. He joined K2 Advisors in May 2010.

From 1990 to 1995, Mr. Christian worked as a global strategist and proprietary trader at Chase Manhattan Futures Corporation. In 1995, he founded Modoc Capital focusing on short-term futures trading. In 1997, Modoc entered into a joint venture with Stonebrook Capital Management LLC as a portfolio manager and researcher. From 1998 to 2003 Mr. Christian worked at Graham Capital Management LP as a portfolio manager and researcher of quantitative based trading strategies. From 2003 to 2005 he was the Head of Marco Strategies at Julius Baer Investment Management. From September 2005 to March 2010 he worked at FRM Americas LLC where he was the Global Head of Directional Trading Strategies and Portfolio advisor to numerous funds, including the award winning FRM Sigma.

Mr. Christian holds a B.A.S. in biology and economics from Stanford University (1985) and an M.B.A. in finance from Leonard N. Stern School of Business – New York University (1990).