Gavin Saitowitz

Chief Executive Officer & Founding Partner

Mr. Saitowitz is responsible for Prelude’s overall strategic direction, including leading the development of innovative, structural approaches to global investments, guiding the firm’s manager research efforts and serving on the firm’s investment, risk and valuation committees.

Prior to founding Prelude in 2010, Mr. Saitowitz was a founding partner and Portfolio Manager of long/short equity fund Springbok Capital and served as a member of the Board of Directors of MCG Capital Corporation. Mr. Saitowitz has also held investment-related positions at Highfields Capital, KKR and Goldman Sachs. He began his career at Arthur Andersen.

Mr. Saitowitz earned an MBA from Harvard Business School where he was awarded the John Loeb Fellowship and graduated cum laude with a finance degree from the College of Business of the University of Colorado, Boulder.