Simon Judes leads Winton's investment management and research activities. He is a member of the firm’s executive management and investment committees.

Joining Winton as a researcher in 2008, Simon has worked on projects ranging from developing new commodity, macro and equity trading strategies, to leading research into portfolio construction methods. He took over responsibility for Winton's core futures and forwards strategies in 2016 and has since led the design of standalone and bespoke implementations of Winton's CTA strategies. Simon was appointed Co-CIO, alongside Carsten Schmitz, in 2020 and oversees all aspects of Winton’s research and investment management.

Simon has a first-class Honours degree in physics and philosophy from the University of Oxford, and a PhD in physics from Columbia University, with a thesis on string theory and cosmology.