Millennium Management is continuing to strengthen its European equities platform, with the firm reportedly hiring Niall Barton, a systematic portfolio manager from Maven Securities, according to a report by eFinancial Careers citing unnamed sources familiar with the matter.

Barton, who resigned in June and is currently on gardening leave, is expected to join Millennium’s London office under Peter Santoro, co-head of global equities. Santoro relocated from New York to London last year to spearhead the multi-strategy giant’s build-out of its European equity capabilities.

Before his three-year stint at Maven – where he started in Amsterdam before moving to London – Barton held trading roles at IMC Trading and Susquehanna International Group, giving him a strong background in electronic market making and quantitative strategies.

Millennium declined to comment on Barton’s potential hire.