Aviate, the agency brokerage set up by Guy Gibson and Gary Paulin in 2007, continued its strong growth in 2009 and has made significant additions to its headcount in a number of areas.
The Aviate team: from left, Gary Paulin, Nick Tims, Guy Gibson
Continuing its strategy of taking talent out of the fund management world to have ex-hedge fund and long-only money managers speaking to the buy-side, the firm has hired a number of former asset managers and buy-side specialists in recent months.
These include: Dave Headland, a senior portfolio manager at Insight; Ben Williams, a 10-year Fidelity veteran and former Investec PM; Niall Baird, who co-ran Copenhagen...