Lucas Rooney

Lucas Rooney is a Sub-Portfolio Manager at Eisler Capital in New York, where he plays a key role in portfolio construction and investment strategy across equities and commodities. His current responsibilities involve developing and implementing quantitative trading models, with a particular focus on leveraging advanced analytics and technology within multi-asset strategies.

Rooney's expertise spans the agricultural and livestock commodity markets, where he has built systematic trading models, as well as quantitative equity investing, reflecting a career path that moved from deep specialization in ag-related commodities to broader equity strategies. He is recognized for his ability to bridge technology and finance, writing most of his analytics and infrastructure in Python to create scalable, institution-wide investment tools.

He brings governance experience from serving on the Board of Directors at the Wabun Foundation and holds a Bachelor of Science in Mathematics and Statistics from the University of Massachusetts Amherst. Rooney is known for championing cross-disciplinary innovation in quantitative finance, implementing technology that democratizes data insights across teams while strengthening risk management and execution efficiency.