Advisor | LS Opportunity Fund
LONG SHORT ADVISORS LLC
Long Short Advisors, LLC (LSA) is an investment advisor that focuses on finding boutique investment strategies. Our products give investors access to investment strategies through a mutual fund format that provides daily liquidity, low initial investment minimums, more portfolio transparency, lower fees, and access to what we believe are some of the best investment and hedge fund managers in the business. The LSA team has over 70 years of combined industry knowledge. Our central focus is locating capacity-constrained managers with a long- term track record and a significant personal investment in their strategies.
Interim Sub-Advisor | LS Opportunity Fund
GATOR CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC
Gator Capital Management, founded in 2008, is a Florida-based firm that manages financials-sector long/short portfolios for private partnerships and mutual funds. While LSOFX launched in 2010, Gator Capital is the current interim sub-advisor.
TEAM MEMBERS
Read more about the core team members below.
Long Short Advisors Team
Chief Executive Officer | Long Short Advisors
MATTHEW WEST, CIMA
Matthew West founded Long Short Advisors in 2010 and is the Chief Executive Officer of the firm. Matthew founded the firm after identifying the need for investment and financial advisors to provide client access to hedge fund strategies and alternative investments without the lock-up periods, restrictions, and lack of liquidity so common in the industry. Matthew has over 30 years of experience working in the wealth management business. Matthew also founded a registered investment advisory firm in Philadelphia in 1994 and sold the firm in 2016 with over $750 million under management. Matthew received a bachelor’s degree in business management from Kutztown University, where he currently sits on the University Foundation Board and the Kutztown University Investment Committee. He also completed study at the Wharton School of Finance for the Certified Investment Management Analyst (CIMA®), given by the Investment Management Consultants Association (IMCA).
Director of Operations | Long Short Advisors
CHRISTINE TAYLOR
Christine Taylor is in charge of operations for the firm. Christine collaborates closely with each department at Long Short Advisors and oversees internal operations related to client relations, business development and compliance. Christine has worked in the investment industry for 15 years in many capacities with experience in marketing, client service, manager research, compliance, vendor management, operations and system administration. Christine graduated cum laude from the University of Pennsylvania with a Bachelor of Arts in Economics.
Marketing Associate | Long Short Advisors
DELANEY HUCKER
Delaney Hucker joined Long Short Advisors in 2023 as a Marketing and Operations Associate. In this role, Delaney is responsible for leading LSA’s social media promotion, collateral production, and various other dynamic marketing activities. She initiated her career in the financial services industry as a Marketing Associate at Pacer ETFs. Before that, she gained experience as an event-planning intern in the mortgage industry. Delaney is a proud alumna of Penn State University, where she earned her Bachelor of Arts degree in Public Relations in May 2022.
Gator Capital Management Executive Team
Managing Member and Portfolio Manager
Derek Pilecki, CFA
Derek Pilecki is the founder of Gator Capital Management (2008) and manages long/short and long-only financials strategies, along with other portfolios, including an 17-year private fund and two mutual funds he launched or took over. Previously, he spent six years at Goldman Sachs Asset Management as a Growth Equity Team member and Portfolio Manager, and before that covered the Financials sector as an analyst at Clover Capital Management and Burridge Growth Partners. He began his career at Fannie Mae analyzing interest rate risk for the mortgage investment portfolio. Derek holds an MBA with honors from the University of Chicago, a BA in Economics from Duke University, and is a CFA® charterholder and has a significant amount of his own capital invested in his strategy.