Hans Buehler

Co-CEO at XTX

Speaker

Dr. Hans Buehler is a leading quantitative finance executive and researcher known for pioneering work in machine-learning-based derivatives hedging. He led Equity Derivatives Quant Research at Deutsche Bank before joining J.P. Morgan in 2008, where he became Global Head of Equities Quantitative Research and later co-lead the Markets’ Analytics, Automation & Optimization effort. At JPMorgan, he spearheaded the “deep hedging” framework, applying neural networks to trading and risk management—work that earned him Risk.net’s 2022 Quant of the Year award. In 2022 he joined XTX Markets as Deputy CEO and later Co-CEO. He has served as a visiting professor at TU Munich and continues to contribute to academic and industry research on machine learning, stochastic processes, and quantitative finance. Hans holds a PhD in Financial Mathematics from TU Berlin.