Before joining MAQS as an investment specialist in June 2012, Charles Cresteil was responsible for the asset allocation strategy on Commodities and Forex within BNP Paribas Asset Management’s Research & Strategy team since 2009.

He joined BNP Paribas Asset Management in 2004 as a quantitative analyst within the Alternative Investment team, working on the development of trading strategies before becoming portfolio manager of a global macro strategy at CooperNeff Alternative Managers (a start-up hedge fund within BNP Paribas Asset Management).

Prior to that, he had worked as a quantitative engineer at Société Générale Corporate and Investment Banking for 2 years.

Charles holds a Masters degree in Computer Science & Applied Mathematics from ENSEEIHT.