Huw Llewellyn, formerly head of Japan and Asia at Saudi American Bank, has been hired by Thames River Capital to become part of its newly formed Japanese team.

Llewellyn managed the Samba Japan Equity Fund at Saudi. At Thames River he will work with Rod Birkett, who used to work with Llewellyn at SG Warburg. Thames River intends to launch a Japanese long/short hedge fund at the end of November. To make its Japanese team complete it aims to hire an analyst in the near future.