LinkedIn Finance Talent Sourcing Contest

I’m running a quick sourcing challenge: use LinkedIn to identify finance professionals who match this specific role profile.

Your job is to build a clean spreadsheet of potential candidates.

You may work in either Google Sheets or Excel; just keep the columns consistent so I can sort, filter, and verify the data easily.

Deliverable

? Task

Build a spreadsheet of Portfolio Managers or Proprietary Traders working at hedge funds or commodity trading houses, who are focused on agricultural products.

✅ Scope of Search

Geographies (must be based in one of):

USA

Canada

European Union

Dubai / UAE

Hong Kong

Singapore

Australia


Products (must be trading at least one of):

Grains (e.g. corn, wheat, soybeans)

Soft commodities (e.g. coffee, cocoa, sugar, cotton)

Oilseeds / vegetable oils (e.g. palm oil, rapeseed)


Employers (examples, not exhaustive):

Hedge funds (multi-manager or single manager)

Proprietary trading firms

Commodity trading houses (e.g. Cargill, Louis Dreyfus)


? What Each Entry Must Include (columns in spreadsheet)

Full name

Current job title (must include Portfolio Manager, PM, Trader, or equivalent senior role)

Company name

Company type (hedge fund, trading house, prop trading firm)

Commodity focus (grain, softs, oilseeds, etc.)

City and country

LinkedIn profile URL


❌ Exclusions (do not include)

Junior roles (e.g. analysts, associates, researchers)

Non-agriculture traders (e.g. equity, FX, energy, metals only)

People at banks or brokers (focus must be hedge fund, prop firm, or trading house)

Duplicates

? Judging Criteria

Submissions will be judged on:

Relevance – Meets all geography + product + role criteria.

Accuracy – Correct job title, company, and LinkedIn link.

Completeness – Minimum of 50 qualifying names required to be considered.

Clarity – Spreadsheet must be neat, deduplicated, and properly filled in.

Entries that do not meet the minimum relevance/accuracy requirements will not be considered.
I’ll judge entries on accuracy, completeness, and how well each profile fits the stated criteria. Good luck and happy hunting!