GLG Partners Appoints New Portfolio Manager Warren Touwen

9  from  Automated Trader Magazine

May 27th, 2008 - GLG Partners, Inc. today announced that Warren Touwen is to join its London office as a Portfolio Manager in July 2008.

Warren will work alongside Simon Savage and Peter Harnett, portfolio managers of the GLG Esprit Fund. He will also work on the expansion of GLG’s global alpha capture capabilities.

Warren joins GLG from Merrill Lynch where he was a Portfolio Manager and Director of the Global Strategic Risk Group. In this role, Warren was responsible for creating, implementing and running multiple market neutral portfolios in Europe, North America, Asia Pacific and Japan. Warren also designed and implemented Merrill Lynch’s first fully automated alpha capture model. Prior to spending close to five years at Merrill Lynch, Warren worked in London in Equity Finance Sales at Nomura International and at Sungard (Real Time Financial Management), as a Sales Manager in Financial Trading Systems. Before that, Warren held various positions in South Africa in trading, systems development, equity derivative sales and equity finance.

Pierre Lagrange, Founder and Senior Investment Manager of GLG commented: “Warren is highly experienced in designing and managing alpha capture systems and has an impressive track record in implementing profitable automated trading systems across a range of markets, including the emerging markets. We look forward to the contribution he will make to GLG’s ongoing proprietary research and development efforts as we expand our alpha capture offering to the US and emerging markets.”