People - Algorithmic Trading
 


Chris Darnell
Mr. Darnell is a member of the GMO Board of Directors. Prior to his retirement from GMO in June 2010, he was the head of an algorithmic trading group and was instrumental in the structuring the firm’s quantitative research efforts over the course of his 31-year career with the firm. Mr. Darnell holds a B.S. double major in Mathematics & Economics and Molecular Biochemistry & Biophysics from Yale University and earned his MBA from Harvard Business School.



Nehal Patel
Mr. Patel works in GMO’s Algorithmic Trading group, which he co-started in 2003. Prior to joining GMO, he worked at Neogenesis Pharmaceuticals as a computational biology and chemistry consultant. Previously he worked at Delta Global Trading as a fixed income arbitrage trader, and Swiss Bank Corporation as a trading assistant. Mr. Patel earned his B.S. from Massachusetts Institute of Technology.