Richard Skeet is Managing Partner and Head of Trading at Hivemind, based in London, UK. Since 2022, he has co-led the firm alongside its Founder and is responsible for the liquid asset investment platform; all liquid investments (as distinct from venture investments) report to him. Richard leads discretionary strategies - supported by quantitative overlays - across a broad set of instruments including spot, perpetuals, futures, options, convertible debt, and public equities, managing external capital.
Hivemind specialises in asset management on digital rails, deploying capabilities across crypto and traditional assets, on-chain and off-chain, and supporting mandates for investors and companies with digital asset exposure.
Prior to Hivemind, Richard was a Partner and Senior Portfolio Manager at East Lodge Capital, where he was responsible for European RMBS, consumer credit, and CLO investments, and managed the execution of the firm’s macro hedging programme. He began his career at Citi via the graduate programme. Richard holds an MEng (First Class Honours) from the University of Warwick in Computer Science, Electronic and Electrical Engineering.