Brevan Howard ramps up business development effort with quartet of hires Submitted By Hugh Leask | 09/09/2020 - 5:19pm Brevan Howard, a high-profile global macro hedge fund manager founded by Alan Howard, has strengthened its global business development team with a quartet of appointments in the US, Europe and Asia, with hires from well-known hedge fund firms including Exodus Point Capital Management and Bluecrest. Natalie Smith has joined in New York as head of strategy, with an investor-focused mandate within directional and relative value macro investing. Smith joins from Commonwealth Asset Management.