David Saunders is managing director of K2 Advisors, which he co-founded in 1994. He served as senior managing director and head of international risk at ABN Amro from 1996 until 2000, when he resigned to devote his full attention to K2. He has been involved in the investment and trading of financial instruments since 1983, when he joined Tucker Anthony & R.L. Day as an equity trader. Since then, he has served as vice president on the equity block trading desk at First Boston Corp.; head trader and partner at the hedge fund WaterStreet Capital; managing director and head trader at Tiger Management; and president of WorldSec Securities, an Asia-focused investment bank, overseeing all aspects of their U.S. business. Saunders serves on the boards of the Tiger Foundation, the Windham chapter of the Catskill Mountain Foundation and the University System of Maryland Foundation. He is a graduate of the University of Maryland.

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Is the Fund of Hedge Funds Business Model in Need of Repair?

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