Will Barnes is a seasoned quantitative trader currently employed at DRW since June 2022. Prior experience includes a role as co-head of desk and quantitative trader at Mako Trading, where responsibilities encompassed the development and management of a systematic index volatility relative value strategy. Prior to Mako, Will Barnes worked at Susquehanna International Group, LLP, focusing on dispersion trading and quantitative projects, as well as modeling exotic derivatives impacts on the options market. An early career at UBS involved a summer internship on structured equity derivatives, exploring market mispricing, and an internship at IGT facilitated the development of algorithms for gaming applications. Will Barnes holds two First Class degrees in Mathematics from the University of Oxford, completed between 2014 and 2018, following an education at St Albans School.