Dr Ewan Kirk

Dr. Ewan Kirk is a technology entrepreneur and philanthropist. He has been involved in a number of ventures to commercialise, apply, and support science, technology, and mathematics research.

Kirk is best known for founding Cantab Capital Partners, a science-driven quantitative investment management firm that uses data analysis to research and implement systematic investment strategies. At the time of being sold to GAM Investments in 2016, the team consisted of around 60 people with £4.5bn AUM and was consistently ranked as one of the top-performing quant funds.

Alongside his wife, Dr. Patricia Turner, Kirk founded the Turner Kirk Trust, which supports STEM, early childhood development, and biodiversity and conservation causes. Since its establishment in 2007, the Trust has disbursed over £7 million to charitable causes in the UK and the developing world.

Kirk holds a PhD in General Relativity, a BSc. in Natural Philosophy and Astronomy, and completed Part III of the Mathematical Tripos at Cambridge.