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George joined 36 South in November 2015. He became Head of Trading in 2019 and, since May 2026, has served as Co-Portfolio Manager of the Kohinoor Strategy.  He is also a member of the Investment Management Committee.

Prior to joining 36 South, George worked for a number of firms, including Citi Global Markets equities division, and most recently within the LME Trading Team at Marex Spectron. His tasks included both proprietary trading and market making of Base Metals products and FX, with a specialty in Comex Copper.

George has obtained a Bachelor of Laws LLB (2.1) from University of Leeds (United Kingdom), Investment Operations Certificate from the Chartered Institute of Investments and Securities (CISI), and he also passed the National Commodity Futures Exam (Series 3).

Yuliya is Founder and Chief Investment Officer of Scientio, a proprietary trading startup focused on commodities. Scientio combines fundamental analysis with AI to develop and trade strategies using its own capital. Before founding Scientio, Yuliya managed a cross-commodities options portfolio at Hartree Partners. She spent seven years at Citigroup, trading precious metals options and exotics before managing a portfolio of iron ore derivatives. She holds a bachelor’s degree from Princeton University and is a CFA charterholder.

Dan Corcoran works on the U.S. Options team at Nasdaq where he focuses on market structure, pricing, and product development. Previously, Dan served as the Founder and President of Volos, an index and technology provider for options strategies which was acquired by Nasdaq in December, 2025.  At Volos, Dan led a team supporting institutional clients and index-tracking investment products globally, including ETFs, managed accounts, annuities, and OTC swaps. Dan is based in London.

Jigna Gibb is founder of Gibb Finance focused on delivering financial education based on her 25 years experience in global markets.

Previously, Jigna was Head of Commodities and Crypto Index Products at Bloomberg where she is responsible for the flagship Bloomberg Commodities (BCOM) family index suite, which is linked to products totalling over $107 billion AUM.

Prior to joining Bloomberg Mrs. Gibb was Head of Origination for the Quantitative Investment Solutions team at Deutsche Bank. Her responsibilities included Portfolio, Cross Asset and FICC QIS product development, marketing, and origination to institutional investors globally. She has created and innovated risk premia and quantitative investment solutions at the bank since the platform’s inception in 2012 and worked in collaboration with the DB Quant Research team.  

Mrs. Gibb worked at Barclays for eight years both in London and New York. In a structuring sales role, she was integral in developing the Commodities Investor Solutions business. Over her tenure at Barclays she delivered a diverse range of investment solutions such as index strategies, collateralised commodities obligations, structured products and fund solutions to institutional investors. She started her career at Goldman Sachs as a Financial Sales Analyst in the Securities division. 
Mrs. Gibb received her M.A. in Mathematics from the University of Oxford.