David Sidders is a Canadian who has been resident in Bermuda since 1995. His career in the investment industry began 25 years ago in Toronto at First Marathon Securities and then at Altamira Investment Management where he worked as an institutional equity trader. In 1995, Sidders moved to Bermuda to run the trading operations of the LOM Group and, in 2002, he became the senior vice president of program trading at Bank of NY ConvergEx. In 2008, Sidders and a partner founded Xeitel Capital Management, which helps fund startup companies and offers investment recommendations to individuals.