Wafaa Schiefler

Executive Director – Commodities Quantitative Researcher at JP Morgan Chase

Speaker

Wafaa Schiefler joined J.P.Morgan in 2011 as a Commodities Quant. She leads the Base Metals, Precious Metals and Agricultural Products Quantitative Research, as well as the Commodities Data Science team. Her main responsibilities include the development and support of pricing and risk management models, and the implementation of data-driven tools to help the Trading and Sales desks. Prior to this, Wafaa was a Quant on Energy. Wafaa is also part of the Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Council of J.P.Morgan. She has been encouraging women to join the world of Quantitative Finance since the beginning of her career and mentored many students. She created a large network of Women in Quantitative Research on LinkedIn (860+ members).

Wafaa started her career in finance in 2008. She holds a MSc in Applied Mathematics from Ecole Centrale Paris and a MSc in Quantitative Finance from University Paris VII.