Richard Turner

Head of AI Engineering at EBM

Speaker

Richard Turner is Head of AI Engineering at EBM, where he leads the firm’s AI development with a particular focus on AI safety. Richard has more than 20 years of experience in quantitative research and systematic trading. Before joining EBM, he was a Managing Director at Mesirow Currency Management, where he led the group’s research effort following Mesirow’s 2018 acquisition of The Cambridge Strategy, where he had been Director of Research. Earlier in his career, he worked in the quantitative research groups at Credit Suisse, where he began his investment banking career in 2000, RBS and JP Morgan, and served as Lead Quantitative Researcher at Asymmetric Investment Management. His research has included applying deep convolutional neural networks to financial market prediction. Richard holds a BSc in Mathematics and Physics from the University of Nottingham and an MSc in Financial Mathematics from King’s College London. He also holds the Certificate in Quantitative Finance and is a qualified Chartered Accountant.