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Kyle Duncan

Vice President
· New York

Areas of specialism

  • Hedge Funds
  • Systematic Markets
  • Quantitative and Systematic Strategies
  • Technology and Engineering
  • Liquid Markets
  • Americas
In The Omerta Group since 2026

About Kyle

Kyle Duncan is a Vice President in our New York office, specialising across hedge funds and systematic markets, partnering closely with our European & Asian colleagues focused on the same.

Kyle brings over twelve years of recruiting experience, serving as a strategic and consultative partner to clients and candidates throughout high‑impact and complex hiring initiatives. He has deep expertise supporting analytically driven and technical talent across the liquid markets landscape. Above all, he is a fantastic team-sport, cultural add to the Global Financial Services.

Before joining The Omerta Group – A Kingsley Gate Company, Kyle was part of Smith Hanley’s Financial Strategies Group, executing searches across systematic, semi‑systematic, quantitative, and technology functions. Earlier in his career, he worked with a leading FinTech company, partnering with high‑growth, data‑driven teams in fast‑paced environments.

Kyle holds a Bachelor’s degree in Government and Legal Studies from Bowdoin College and a Master’s degree in Public Policy from Trinity College.

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Representative work

Representative assignments

Portfolio Manager

Global Macro Hedge Fund

New York

Sub-Portfolio Manager

Global Multi-Strategy Hedge Fund

New York

Head of Research

Quantitative Hedge Fund

New York

Senior Quantitative Researcher

Global Macro Hedge Fund

Connecticut

Background

Credentials

Education and experience

Bowdoin College
Bachelor's degree, Government and Legal Studies
Trinity College
Master's degree, Public Policy
Smith Hanley, Financial Strategies Group
Searches across systematic, semi-systematic, quantitative and technology functions

Based in

TOG New York

420 Lexington Ave, Ste 432
New York, NY 10170

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Colleagues

Graham Smith

Graham Smith

Graham leads The Omerta Group’s Global Hedge Fund practice and is based in London. He has more than 25 years’ experience in executive search and has advised and recruited for many of the world’s largest multi-manager platforms alongside leading single-manager hedge...

Senior Partner

Where Kyle works

Practices

Portfolio managers, analysts, strategists and traders, and the COO, CRO and business management mandates that keep a platform running.

Quantitative researchers, traders, portfolio managers and developers across high and mid-frequency strategies.

Sales, trading, structuring, capital raising and research across every major asset class.

Leadership, portfolio managers, research, distribution and risk across traditional managers and alternatives.

Managing directors and product heads across M&A, ECM, DCM, leveraged finance and restructuring.

Managing directors and product heads across M&A, ECM, DCM, leveraged finance and restructuring.

Chair, non-executive director, CEO and executive committee searches across financial services.

COO, CFO, CRO, general counsel, audit and compliance leadership at partner and managing director level.

CAIO, CTO, CIO, CDO and head-of-engineering mandates, and the executives building the AI and data infrastructure behind them.

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