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17 - 20 November 2025

InterContinental O2London

Introducing the 2024 advisory board...

The advisory board is comprised of top professional minds in quantitative finance from academia and industry all across the globe!

See the full agenda

How the advisory board works

Expert speakers and top quants

Advisory board members are all carefully selected experts and professionals including:

Top industry practitioners from banks
Leading quants in asset management firms
Seasoned academia leading innovative strategies

Peer-reviewed content

Incoming content is peer-reviewed by the advisory board
Reviews are completely anonymous before being approved for the QuantMinds International agenda
Top quality presentations are ensured by expert-curated content through specialists

Meet our 2024 advisors

Rama Cont

Professor of Mathematics and Chair of Mathematical Finance

University of Oxford

Fabio Mercurio

Global Head of Quant Analytics

Bloomberg L.P.

Jessica James

Managing Director, Senior Quantitative Researcher

Commerzbank AG

Carol Alexander

Professor

University of Sussex and Exponential Science Foundation

Jim Gatheral

Presidential Professor of Mathematics

Baruch College, CUNY

Nicole Königstein

Chief AI Officer, Head of AI & Quant Research

quantmate

Youssef Elouerkhaoui

Managing Director, Global Head of Markets Quantitative Analysis

Citigroup

Wim Schoutens

Professor Of Financial Engineering

University of Leuven

Roza Galeeva

Senior Lecturer

John Hopkins, AMS Department

Yehuda Dayan

Head of Thematic Data Science

Citigroup

Wafaa Schiefler

Executive Director – Commodities Quantitative Researcher

JP Morgan Chase

Thomas Raffinot

Head of Quant Investment Signals

AXA Investment Managers

Hamza Bahaji

Head of Financial Engineering and Investment Solutions, Amundi ETF, Indexing & Smart Beta,

Amundi

Erik Vynckier

Board Member, Chair of the Investment Committee

Foresters Friendly Society and Institute and Faculty of Actuaries

Robert De Witt

Managing Director, Head of Quantitative Strategies and Data Group for EMEA Equities Execution

Bank of America

Uwe Naumann

Professor Of Computer Science

RWTH Aachen University

Anton Merlushkin

Head of Quant Modelling & Analytics

Jain Global

Revant Nayar

Chief Investment Officer

Dilaton Technologies LLC Family Office

Chris Kenyon

Global Head of Quant Innovation

MUFG Securities

Marco Bianchetti

Head of IMA Market Risk, Market and Financial Risk Management

Intesa Sanpaolo

Barney Rowe

Senior Quantitative Analyst

Fidelity International

Leon Tatevossian

Adjunct Professor

New York University

Andrea Macrina

Professor of Mathematics

University College London

Daniel Mayenberger

Head of Quants Risk as a Service Platform - Digital Products

J.P. Morgan

Aymeric Kalife

Associate Professor

Paris Dauphine University

Meet the speakers