John Brennan

Background

About John Brennan

With over 28 years of executive leadership across the investment industry, I've held pivotal roles including CEO, COO, CIO, CTO, and board advisor at some of the most prominent and innovative hedge funds. My expertise lies in bridging the gap between technology and business within the Alternative Investment sector, empowering technical leaders to broaden their perspectives and significantly contribute to their firms' success. As the CEO and Co-Founder of AITEC (Alternative Investment Technology Executives Club), I helped establish this peer group in 2009 as a global, private community for technology leaders in the investment industry. What began with just 25 executives has grown to include over 500 technology leaders worldwide, along with 200+ of their key team members. AITEC’s mission is to create a secure platform for executives from buy-side and sell-side firms, Private Equity, Venture Capital, and family offices to exchange insights and best practices. The group promotes collaboration, cybersecurity education, vendor due diligence standardization, and much more. Members actively share knowledge through AITEC’s online platform and participate in regular virtual and in-person meetings across the globe. With members managing assets exceeding $4.2 trillion USD, AITEC offers a unique network where executives can leverage each other's expertise to drive operational efficiency, foster technological innovation, and support strategic decision-making within their firms. KEY ACHIEVEMENTS • Contributing author of The Insider’s Guide to Hedge Funds: Successfully Managing the Middle and Back Office • Founder of ΛITEC and ΛITEC Gives Back • A Technology Executives group with more than 500 members worldwide of the investment industry. Added a charitable arm that has raised over $4M for military veterans & inner city youth. • Ground up creation of two Technology firms • High intensity startups – The successful spin off of two winning Hedge Funds with outstanding growth and performance. • Turn around manager – redirecting misguided talent to fulfil itself usefully • Changed the negative perception of IT to a respected core business partner within a year. Transforming geek speak into business speak.