Head of APAC Trading

Joe Hodgkins is a highly experienced trader with over 20 years of experience trading in Asia across senior buy-side and sell-side roles. Prior to joining Meraki, Joe was a senior trader at Tourmaline Partners LLC in Sydney, Australia, where he traded cash equities and equity derivatives across the APAC region.

Joe gained his experience on the ground, working in key markets including Tokyo, Hong Kong, Singapore, Bangkok, and, most recently, Sydney. Before Tourmaline, he worked at Citigroup, where he served as Head of Thai Equities and senior sales trader. He also held roles at Nomura and CIMB in Thailand.

Prior to his sell-side roles, Joe spent eight years at Janus Capital as a trader and Regional Head of Trading in Hong Kong and Singapore. There, he was responsible for all Asian trading across public equities, indices, options (OTC and listed), and futures. At Janus, Joe developed extensive execution experience across a wide range of mandates and strategies in Pan-Asian markets, working closely with key sell-side partners across high-touch, block, and low-touch trading channels, as well as in program trading.

Earlier in his career, he was based in Tokyo and Hong Kong with Bloomberg Tradebook, focusing on multi-market, multi-asset class electronic trading.

Joe holds a Bachelor of Business (Accounting) from RMIT University in Melbourne, Australia.