Our Team – Muddy Waters Resources

Meet The Team

An expert leadership team with extensive risk management and global investing experience.

Carson Block

Founder and COO

Carson Block is the Chief Investment Officer of Muddy Waters Capital LLC, an activist investment firm. Muddy Waters conducts extensive due diligence-based investment research on companies around the globe. Bloomberg Markets Magazine named Mr. Block as one of the “50 Most Influential in Global Finance” in 2011. The following year, Muddy Waters received the prestigious Boldness in Business Award from the Financial Times in 2012. In September 2015, Mr. Block was featured in the book, “The Most Dangerous Trade: How Short Sellers Uncover Fraud, Keep Markets Honest, and Make and Lose Billions”, by former Bloomberg writer Richard Teitelbaum, and the feature 2018 film “The China Hustle”.*
Activist campaigns conducted by Muddy Waters have led to numerous financial restatements, preceded the delisting of 11 public companies and resulted in approximately $2 billion in awards/fines/settlements1
Mr. Block appears frequently as a commentator on Bloomberg Television, CNBC, and the BBC. He has written op-eds in the Wall Street Journal, Financial Times, and The New York Times on various topics related to improving corporate governance and market transparency.
Prior to forming Muddy Waters, Mr. Block was an entrepreneur in China and worked as a lawyer in the Shanghai office of the U.S. law firm Jones Day. In 2007, he co-authored “Doing Business in China for Dummies,” a primer on doing business in China. He holds a B.S. in Business from the University of Southern California and a J.D. from the Chicago-Kent College of Law, where he has also served as an adjunct professor.

Darren McLean

Consultant

Darren McLean is the Director of Research of the Dfridge Capital Corp. (the “Research Entity”) and will provide exclusive recommendations to the Investment Manager on different mining and resource-focused investment opportunities. Mr. McLean has over ten years of experience in the mining and natural resources space. Prior to founding the Research Entity, Mr. McLean was a vice president at K2 & Associates, a Canadian investment manager, from 2014 to 2023, where he focused on public and private investments in K2’s mining portfolio. Before to K2 & Associates, Mr. McLean was an analyst at Boswell Capital Corporation, where he specialized in project analysis, corporate advisory, and investment opportunities in mining.

Freddy Brick

Partner

Freddy Brick is a partner at Muddy Waters Capital LLC. He started at Muddy Waters Research, a predecessor to Muddy Waters Capital LLC in 2014. Freddy leads the resource investing at Muddy Waters. Mr. Brick was previously an equity analyst at Oasis Investments Ltd., an event-driven fund based in Hong Kong. Mr. Brick holds a bachelor’s of art in Finance, Accounting, and Management from the University of Nottingham, England.

Scott Devinsky

COO/CFO

Scott Devinsky is the Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer at Muddy Waters Capital LLC.
Prior to joining Muddy Waters in October 2016, Scott was the Chief Financial Officer and Chief Compliance Officer at Ratan Capital Management, LP, a global long/short equity hedge fund from April 2014 through October 2016. Scott previously was a cofounding partner and Chief Financial Officer at First Oak Capital Management, LP. Prior to First Oak Capital Management, LP, Scott was the Chief Financial Officer at Seasons Capital Management from April 2006 to July 2010. Scott was at Eastbourne Capital Management from April 1999 to April 2006, where he was promoted from Portfolio Accountant to Hedge Fund Controller in 2003.
Scott holds a B.S. in Accounting from the State University of New York – New Paltz.

Anthony Jew

General Counsel and CCO

Anthony joined Muddy Waters in October 2020. Anthony has over 20 years of legal and compliance experience. Prior to joining Muddy Waters, Anthony was fund counsel at Strategic Value Partners LLC. Anthony has also worked at Seward & Kissel, JPMorgan, and Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP. Anthony has a J.D. from the University of Pennsylvania Law School and a B.A. from the University of California, San Diego.

David Wren

Operations Associate/
Junior Controller

David Wren is an Operations Associate/Junior Controller at Muddy Waters Capital LLC, assisting the Chief Operating Officer/Chief Financial Officer in back-office operations and accounting. Prior to joining Muddy Waters in November 2022, David was in public accounting for four years, holding positions in both the audit and tax departments at RSM and Market Street Partners, an RSM alliance firm. David holds a bachelor of science, finance degree from the University of Arkansas.