Citadel has added two former Segantii Capital Management employees – Andrew Pidgeon and Peter Christie – following the closure of the hedge fund firm amid allegations of insider trading against founder Simon Adler and other employees, according to a report by eFinancial Careers.PARA_BREAK_SENTINEL_9f8e7d6cPidgeon, who served as Segantii's head of treasury and financing for seven years in Hong Kong, has joined Citadel as the APAC Head of Treasury. Before Segantii, he was a director at Credit Suisse, specialising in delta one and derivatives trading.PARA_BREAK_SENTINEL_9f8e7d6cChristie, a support engineer and US Navy veteran who spent 13 months at Segantii, has also moved to Citadel, taking on a role in New York in end user support.
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