Prior to launching Elian, Dr. Auspurg was a Managing Director at Aquila Capital, a German asset manager. His team was responsible for developing, managing and distributing all systematic strategies for the firm. Starting from 1990 Dr. Auspurg held several positions as senior equity derivatives sales for JP Morgan, Bankers Trust, Salomon Brothers and Citigroup. He left Citi in London as Head of institutional equity derivatives sales for EMEA.