Trigon Investment Advisors, a New York-based alternative investment manager, has named Keith Byers as managing director - business development.

Byers will be responsible for the strategic planning and implementation of all sales and marketing efforts for Trigon.

Byers joins Trigon after spending the past 15 years at Chesapeake Capital where he was responsible for marketing and business development activities.

Trigon is a New York-based commodity trading adviser managing approximately USD500m in client assets. Trigon was founded in 2002 by Paul Mastroddi and Ante Basic who together have 45 years of investment experience.