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Peter Hafez

Chief Data Scientist
RavenPack

Peter Hafez is the Chief Data Scientist and Partner at RavenPack, a leading big data analytics provider for financial services. He spearheads the company's data science strategy and product development. His expertise spans quantitative research, natural language processing, alternative data, and machine learning. Additionally, Peter serves on the Advisory Board for Alpha Events conferences focused on "AI and Data Science in Finance.” Peter is on a mission to innovate, create, and communicate value-adding data science solutions for the financial sector.

Paul Bilokon

Visiting Professor
Imperial College London

Paul Bilokon is the CEO and Founder of Thalesians Ltd, and he leads the faculty at both the Machine Learning Institute (MLI) and the Quantitative Developer Certificate (QDC). He has co-authored books such as "Machine Learning and Big Data with KDB+/Q" (Published with Wiley Finance) and "Machine Learning in Finance: From Theory to Practice" (Published with Springer Link). Previously, Paul held significant roles at Deutsche Bank, Morgan Stanley, Lehman Brothers, Nomura, and Citigroup, including Head of MET Credit Quants.

Yashas Khoday

30 Under 30
BW BusinessWorld Magazine

Yashas is the CTO & Co-Founder of FYERS, arguably one of India's leading stock brokerage firms. FYERS has more than 600,000 clients from across the country. FYERS was registered with the National Stock Exchange of India in 2014, making Yashas the youngest stockbroker in the country. Within his successful entrepreneurial journey, he takes time to learn and upskill himself. He joined QuantInsti’s flagship Executive Programme in Algorithmic Trading in 2016 and has also completed an executive course at the Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore in 2022.

Kyle Balkissoon

Managing Partner & Portfolio Manager
Stance Capital

Kyle Balkissoon is an expert in data science, big data, forecasting and optimization, and portfolio management. He has a proven record of leading technical and business teams and transitioning models from proof of concept to production value. Notably, Kyle has developed investment and trading strategies that have outperformed the S&P 500 over five years, earning five stars from Morningstar. He previously worked with IBM. Kyle has launched 3 start-ups, spanning investment management, renewable energy and marketing.

Nitesh Khandelwal

Co-founder
QuantInsti & iRage

Nitesh Khandelwal is presently the CEO of QuantInsti, an institute that he co-founded in 2010 as part of iRage. He co-founded iRage in 2009 and oversaw its growth to become one of India's leading players in the Algorithmic Trading space. Nitesh has delivered lectures and workshops at various International Exchanges, including SGX, SET, and Bursa Malaysia. He has also been a guest lecturer at institutions such as NUS Singapore, NTU Singapore, IIT Delhi, IIT Kanpur, and IIM Ahmedabad. Nitesh is an alumnus of two of the most prestigious institutions in Indian IIT Kanpur and IIM Lucknow.