HONG KONG, March 17 Reuters Miamibased Citadel has kicked off 2023 with multiple senior hires in London and Hong Kong to beef up its international equities team, after the firm became the world39;s most profitable hedge fund in 2022, profile updates on LinkedIn show.

At least five veteran investment and operational professionals recently joined the nonU.S. equity investment team under the 57 billion hedge fund titan run by billionaire Ken Griffin.

Julian Ulmer joined Citadel39;s Hong Kong office in March from Lighthouse Investment Partners to take a newly created role as head of Asia Equities Business Development, overseeing equities talent strategy in the region and daytoday operations.

He previously worked as head of Asian Research of Floridabased hedge fund giant Lighthouse for more than seven years.

After working for UBS investment bank for more than 16 years, Keith Donan also moved to Citadel in Hong Kong this month as a senior trader.

Citadel39;s international equities team is a multimanager business focusing on opportunities in Europe and Asia. Led by Sean Salji in London, the team has over 80 investment professionals in London, Hong Kong, Singapore and Paris.

The three new senior hires in London are Shang Liew from Lansdowne Partners, Cyrill Sourski from Davidson Kempner Capital Management, and Josh Nathan from Palantir Technologies, a data analytics company. Shang and Sourski joined as equity analysts while Nathan was appointed director of operations.

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