Paul Cartmill is a Founding Partner and Portfolio Manager at Thesan Asset Management Pty Ltd. With over 20 years of experience in financial markets, Paul specializes in fixed income and equity securities. He gained vital experience as a trader on Wall Street from 2000-2013, including during the crucible period from the market crash of 2007 and the global financial crisis that followed. Before establishing Thesan Asset Management, Paul was an Executive Director with Morgan Stanley’s Frontpoint Partners in New York. Hired by Steve Eisman to join the hedge fund team following the GFC, Paul traded on behalf of Frontpoint’s structured credit fund and was responsible for identifying and executing trading opportunities resulting from the 2007 market crash. The 6 member structured credit team reported funds under management of USD1.2bn and successfully realized massive returns to investors. Prior to joining Frontpoint Partners, Paul was a Director and Trader for structured credit securities at Merrill Lynch in New York. Responsible for a multi-billion dollar trading book, Paul traded both physical and synthetic securities along with the associated derivative products used as a portfolio hedge or an outright position. Paul has Honours degrees in both Law and Economics, is a CFA Charterholder and is admitted as a lawyer in the Supreme Court of Queensland.