BestEx Research Group, a provider of high-performance algorithmic execution and measurement solutions for equities, futures, and foreign exchange trading, has appointed Andrew Westhead as Managing Director of Research.

Westhead has more than 15 years of experience in the research, development, and deployment of execution algorithms with a particular focus in equities, futures, and FX. Prior to joining BestEx Research, he was the Director of Smart Execution at Graham Capital Management, a systematically focused hedge fund. 

Earlier in his career he spent more than 10 years in the Quantitative Strategies Group at Bank of America, leading the research and development of its futures execution algorithms and leading numerous projects to enhance its global equities algorithms, both for external clients and internal trading desks. He holds a PhD in Applied and Computational Mathematics from California Institute of Technology and a MSci in Mathematics from Imperial College London.