David Harding has made an indelible mark on the hedge fund industry as a pioneer of quantitative trading, having founded two of Europe's leading hedge funds. In 1987 he co-founded AHL, later becoming head of quantitative research at Man AHL. Then in 1997 he set up Winton, which has grown into one of the largest managed futures firms globally, with $31.1 billion under management, attracting over $6 billion since January 2014 alone.