Hasmonean Finance Network
Strength of lead: Moderate — documented connections, no direct financial link between Shooter and Howard
Summary
Hasmonean High School, an Orthodox Jewish secondary school in Hendon, produced an extraordinary concentration of hedge fund talent: Alan Howard (Brevan Howard, £2.5B), Noam Gottesman (GLG Partners, sold for $1.6B), and Mark Shooter (Shooter Fund Management). The Shooter family has multiple documented professional connections to Brevan Howard.
The Network
| Person | School | Career | Israel Connection |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alan Howard | Hasmonean | Brevan Howard (£2.5B net worth) | Herzliya property ($21M), Ramat Gan office (closed 2018), CFI director |
| Noam Gottesman | Hasmonean (possibly Howard’s classmate) | GLG Partners (sold $1.6B), Nomad Foods | — |
| Mark Shooter | Hasmonean | Shooter Fund Management (lost 40%, closed) | Gold Wynn Israel, Civ Robotics |
| Simon Shooter | Hasmonean | Started at Brevan Howard, then SocGen, Caventor Capital | — |
| Ben Shooter | Hasmonean | Credit Suisse (global head FX), Brevan Howard biggest client | — |
Alan Howard — Key Details
- CFI director: Director of Conservative Friends of Israel
- £1.6M Conservative donor since 2019 (including £1M in 2023)
- Herzliya Pituah property: Purchased two adjacent lots for $21M (2007)
- Hapoel Tel Aviv: In advanced talks to buy ~15% for ~NIS 40M
- Brevan Howard Israel office: Ramat Gan, 15+ traders, closed 2018
- Philanthropy: Alan Howard Charitable Foundation (closed 2010) — Israel, Holocaust education, homeless. AHF-JW3 Speaker Series at Jewish Community Centre London.
- Left UK for Switzerland (December 2025) over tax changes
- Shooter was a Conservative councillor while Howard was donating £1.6M to the party and serving as CFI director
David Kyte — Jewish Community Leadership
Shooter’s financial mentor David Kyte provides another node in the Orthodox Jewish / finance / Israel network:
- Maccabi: Member since 1970s, headed organising committees for European Maccabi Games (Vienna 2011) and 19th Maccabiah Games (Israel 2013)
- Kyte Charitable Trust: General grant-making, income £72,500 (2025)
- Supporter of CST, Jewish Care, Norwood, UJIA
- Director of Maccabi England (since 2020)
- Director of The Jewish Community Secondary School Trust (2013–2020)
Source: Jewish Chronicle
Strategic Value
- The Hasmonean network illustrates how a single school in Hendon connects Orthodox Jewish community, hedge fund finance, Conservative Party donors, CFI, and Israel property interests
- No direct Mark Shooter ↔ Alan Howard business relationship was found — this is context rather than a standalone story
- The pattern of Shooter family members orbiting Brevan Howard is suggestive of a relationship deeper than schoolmate coincidence, but is not evidence of financial flows