Tony Gannon is Chief Executive Officer and Chief Investment Officer of Abbey Capital Limited, the Dublin-based alternative investment specialist. Tony founded Abbey Capital in 2000 with a vision to create an alternative investment business providing multi-manager funds specializing in the managed futures and foreign exchange sectors of the hedge fund industry. Over its nineteen-year history, Tony has overseen Abbey Capital’s growth from a start-up to a global company which is currently one of the largest independent allocators in the Commodity Trading Advisor (CTA) industry. Prior to founding Abbey Capital, Tony was a co-founder of Allied Irish Capital Management (AICM), a Dublin-based CTA, in conjunction with Allied Irish Banks. He helped to grow AICM to become one of the largest European CTAs, with funds under management growing from an initial $50 million to in excess of $1.4 billion. Tony has more than 25 years’ investment experience in the managed futures industry. He is globally recognized and acknowledged as a leader in the industry. He is a regular guest speaker at alternative investment industry conferences. Tony graduated with a Bachelor of Commerce degree and a Masters in Business Studies with Finance from University College Dublin, Ireland.

John Twomey is the Director of Research at the Adviser. As Director of Research, Mr. Twomey is responsible for the firm’s investment research and portfolio oversight functions, including CTA analysis and due diligence, quantitative modelling, portfolio construction, market analysis, and liquidity management. Mr. Twomey joined the Adviser in 2009 and was promoted to Director of Research in 2021. Mr. Twomey is a member of the Adviser’s Leadership Team and Investment Committee. Mr. Twomey holds an M.Sc. in Financial Economics and a B.Sc. in Finance (both First-Class Honors) from University College Cork (UCC). He is a Chartered Alternative Investment Analyst (CAIA) and has published research in the Journal of Wealth Management on Managed Futures as an Inflation hedge.