Wim Shih has joined Clear Street as head of equity finance, algorithmic trading (algo) and strategy.

Shih will focus on building the firm’s prime finance algos and long-term strategy, and will report to Robert Sackett, head of prime financing.

He brings 18 years of experience as a leader on global prime finance teams.

Prior to joining Clear Street, he held director positions at TD Securities and Wells Fargo, where he provided primary global securities lending coverage for hedge funds and internal trading desks.

Shih also held positions at JP Morgan Chase and Deutsche Bank earlier in his career.