TEAM
Kian Ghazi
Founder & Director of Research
Prior to founding Hawkshaw Research, Kian co-founded and ran Hawkshaw Capital Management, a $125 million AUM Registered Investment Advisor (2003-2012). The fund utilized a research intensive, value-oriented, long/short investment strategy with a heavy emphasis on deep dive primary research. Prior to Hawkshaw, Kian was a founding analyst at Midtown Capital, a value-oriented, long/short equity fund that scaled to over $1 billion in AUM (1998-2002). He was also a covering analyst at Lehman Brothers (1995-1998). Kian received his MBA from Wharton (1995) and his BS from NYU (1991).
Tarak Kadia
Senior Analyst
Tarak was an equity research analyst with Hawkshaw Research from 2015-2020 and rejoined the firm in 2024. Prior to joining Hawkshaw Research, Tarak was an equity research analyst at Hawkshaw Capital Management (2009-2012). The fund utilized a research intensive, value-oriented, long/short investment strategy with a heavy emphasis on deep dive primary research. Outside of finance, Tarak was the President of Reliance Property Management Group (2020-2024) and is a Teach For America alum (2002-2004). Tarak received his MBA from Columbia (2009) and his BA from Yale (2002).
Nicole Dee
Senior Analyst
Prior to joining Hawkshaw Research, Nicole was a partner at Sellaronda Global (2022-2024), a TMT- and Consumer-focused investment firm which was founded by a former partner at Cadian Capital. Prior to joining Sellaronda, Nicole was an analyst at Cadian (2018-2022). She was previously an analyst at Silver Point Capital and an investment banking analyst at Goldman Sachs. Nicole received a degree in Honors Business Administration from Ivey Business School at Western University (2015).
Rebecca Yarchover Mace
Director of Sales and Marketing
Rebecca brings deep experience in finance, marketing and operations. She began her career on Wall Street both on the sell side at Credit Suisse and then on the buy side at Zweig-Dimenna, earning top distinctions including Wall Street Journal All Star and recognition in both the Reuters Survey and Institutional Investor magazine. She has led successful marketing and social media initiatives and taught Operations Management for MBA students. She holds an MBA in Finance from The Wharton School and a BS in Finance with a minor in Computer Programming from the University of Southern California and sits on two nonprofit Boards.