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Lead the development of new trading strategies, from exploration phase to final deployment.

Geo Alpha is a proprietary trading firm following a data driven approach to the investment question. Applying the techniques of experimental physics, we harness machine learning to fully automate the decision making process.

Member of Portfolio Quantitative Analytics - front-office team responsible for the cross-asset exposures simulation framework used to calculate XVA and XVA greeks, supporting trading and regulatory capital calculations.Led the transformation of the XVA engine yield curve framework to prepare for pricing and trading XVA in the post-LIBOR era.

Combined research and development role, working across the spectrum from ideation, literature review, prototyping, development and deployment of new tools.- Build and maintain front-office derivatives pricing and analysis tools- Develop long term projects to increase efficiency and broaden JCRA's offering- Manage ad-hoc pricing (inc. XVA) of exotic derivatives- Responsible for internal technical training

JCRA provides advice to companies needing to hedge interest rate, FX and/or inflation exposure. We are independent of the OTC derivative providers (banks), and negotiate with them on behalf of our clients, so our ability to accurately price derivatives, including any valuation adjustments (XVA) that may apply, is crucial. It is equally crucial to understand the dynamics of the exposures that are to be hedged, in order to assess the potential benefit of any particular hedging strategy.

Worked as one of over 1000 collaborators, from 69 institutes, in a highly competitive research environment. Collaborated closely with researchers of different nationalities to convert the Big Data produced by the LHCb detector into published physics results. Analysis of this data required distributed computing, machine learning, likelihood fitting and a lot of perseverance!

Provided teaching for third year physics undergraduates to complement their lecture course on Introductory Nuclear and Particle Physics. Focused on attacking difficult concepts from multiple angles to find the best explanation for those who were struggling. Several of my students have subsequently pursued PhDs in this field themselves.

Oxford, United Kingdom

Led the executive team of the society for one year, organising debates, visiting speakers and the annual members' dinner. Successfully increased the visibility of the society within college and increased attendance, especially amongst female members, who were previously under-represented.

Doctor Of Philosophy (Phd), Elementary Particle Physics

Fully-funded PhD studentship, supervised by Prof. Valerie Gibson at the Cavendish Laboratory. Experimental data obtained at the LHCb.

Mphys, Physics

Four-year taught course, graduating with Masters degree. Specialized in both quantum information processing and elementary particle.

Education record

A levels: 5A, including Physics, Mathematics and Further Mathematics.

Education record

GCSEs: 7 A*, 3 A. School prizes for highest GCSE marks in English, Mathematics and Science.