COMPASS FT - Key Persons

Job Titles:

• Co - Founder
• Head of Research
• Member of the Leadership Team
• Partner - Head of Research

Edouard is the co-founder and Head of Research and Quantitative Strategy Design at Compass. He started his career at Société Générale in Paris on the structured products commodities desk. In 2004, he became an Energy Business Analyst for Total Gas & Power. Edouard joined Diapason Commodities Management as a quantitative analyst in 2005. He quickly rose to Head of Quantitative and Index Team at Diapason, supervising all commodity indices and systematic strategies (RICI®, DCI®, DCI® BNP Paribas Enhanced, UBS Biofuel Index). Edouard is a Mathematical Engineer from Ecole Centrale, Marseille, France and holds an MSc in Finance from ESCP-EAP in Paris.

Job Titles:

• CEO
• Co - Founder
• Member of the Leadership Team
• Partner - CEO

Job Titles:

• Chief Operating Officer
• Member of the Leadership Team

Paul is the Chief Operating Officer at Compass. He first joined the company as a Quantitative Developer, working on the implementation of a large number of indices as well as the design and implementation of several of the company's core technological components. Paul played an integral role in developing Compass's index computation engines, low-level libraries and application programming interfaces. He then took on responsibility in the company's technological decisions and project management, advancing to head of the digital assets team and finally to Chief Operating Officer. Paul began his studies in applied mathematics, later earning a degree in Project Management/Entrepreneurship from Montpellier Business School as well as a degree in Data Science Applied to Market Finance from La Sorbonne.

Job Titles:

• Member of the Leadership Team
• Legal and Compliance Counsel
• Partner - Legal & Compliance Counsel

Guillaume is the CEO and co-founder of Compass. He began his career in 1999 at Société Générale as a hedge fund manager, eventually taking over the management of the risk arbitrage and event-driven funds department. Guillaume was later recruited as a fund manager by American hedge fund Paloma Partners. In 2003, Guillaume co-created Diapason Commodities Management (a commodity asset manager), later becoming its CEO. Diapason grew to become a global leader in its field. Guillaume holds an MSc in Mathematics from the University of Rennes/Ecole Normale Supérieure in France, as well as an MSc in Finance from the University of Paris Dauphine. Thomas is Compass's Legal and Compliance Counsel Partner. He has worked as a partner with Geneva-based law firm Python since 1995 (and as an associate since 1987). He specializes in international contracts and financial/corporate law. From 1990-1991, he worked as an associate with Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher in their New York office. Thomas has been a professor at the University of Lausanne's Business School (HEC) since 1995, where he teaches International Legal Strategy. In 1998, he launched one of Switzerland's first e-banks, Synthesis Bank. It was later sold to Saxo Bank, becoming its Swiss subsidiary in 2005. Thomas served on the Board of Directors and as Chairman of the Audit Committee at Synthesis/Saxo Bank from 1998 to 2007 . He studied at the University of Lausanne, earning a PhD in Law as well as an MSc in Political Science.

Job Titles:

• Deputy Chief Operating Officer
• Member of the Leadership Team
• Deputy COO

Wenceslas is Deputy COO at Compass. He has a bachelor's degree in economics as well as a dual MSc in Applied Mathematics and Data Science from La Sorbonne. He began his career at Bouygues Telecom as a Data Scientist, and later joined ENSAE to specialize in microeconomics. Wenceslas first joined Compass as an index development intern, where he focused on the construction of futures-based indices. As a Quantitative Developer, he collaborated with Paul Leydier to build the computation engine, modernize data pipelines and craft indices. Beyond his commitment to Compass, Wenceslas is a member of the Ethereum Program Fellowship (EPF) and contributes to the development of the Ethereum ecosystem.