Alternative asset manager MKP Capital Management has made four senior appointments. Andrew Quessy joins as a portfolio manager focusing on micro trading strategies in the firm's London office from UBS where he was a managing director in the proprietary macro directional trading group. Lauren Polen joins as vice president and associate portfolio manager for the macro fund MKP Opportunity from Galtere where she was a fixed income analyst and head execution trader; Jessica Wang, who previously specialised in RMBS at Loews, joins as vice president and associate portfolio manager; Fernanda Itrube joins as vice president of investor relations from BlueCrest where she was responsible for marketing and client services across all trading strategies in the northern US region. Polen, Wang and Itrube are all based in New York.