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EDUCATION SESSION #1078
Fireside chat with Dr. Min Yang, CEO Winton China
Do you think the road to success in financial services is a straight line or are there other routes? According to Min Yang, CEO of Winton China, her journey on the path to leadership in systematic quant investment management began after a career in academia. Hear how her entrance into finance with an advanced degree in physics set the stage for deploying her analytical skills to a field with different datasets.

In an intimate chat, Min will reflect on lessons learned and share her perspective from the vantage point of one of the world’s largest global systematic investment management firms.

Bring your questions and prepare to explore the world of systematic quants. Share your views with peers as you network over refreshments following the conversation.
DATE
9 December 2019
TIME
5:00 PM Registration
5:30 PM Event Starts
6:30 PM Networking Reception
7:30 PM Event Ends
The program will begin promptly at 5:30 PM ; please allow time to get through building security and to register before the event begins.
LOCATION
Al Khatem Tower
24th Floor, Abu Dhabi Global Market Square
Abu Dhabi , United Arab Emirates
PARTICIPANTS
Min Yang
Winton China

Mercedes Vela Monserrate
Abu Dhabi Global Market, Financial Services Regulatory Authority

Saleha Osmani
Moderator
100 Women In Finance Middle East
HOST
Abu Dhabi Global Market
 
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BIOGRAPHIES
Min Yang
CEO, Winton China

Based in Hong Kong, Min is responsible for managing Winton’s investment, operations and business development in China. Min was CIO of Winton’s China Diversified Program until her promotion to CEO of Greater China in 2017, having originally joined the firm as a Researcher in 2012, focusing on research of Chinese markets. Min has previously worked at Goldman Sachs where she specialised in derivatives pricing in commodities and currencies, and was a postdoctoral researcher at California Institute of Technology (Caltech). Min holds a BS degree in physics from Beijing University and a Doctorate degree in physics from Caltech, where her research area was extragalactic radiation at the submillimetre wavelengths.

Mercedes Vela Monserrate
Associate Director, Abu Dhabi Global Market, Financial Services Regulatory Authority
Associate Director of International Affairs at the ADGM FSRA (Abu Dhabi Global Markets, Financial Services Regulatory Authority), Mercedes is spearheading ADGM’s work on Sustainable Finance and Gender Diversity, in addition to other ADGM-wide special projects, reporting directly to the CEO. Prior to joining ADGM, Mercedes worked at Senior levels in the public and private sectors in Brussels and London. Her professional history includes positions at Morgan Stanley, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) and the European Parliament.

Saleha Osmani
Chairperson, 100 Women In Finance Middle East

Prior to founding Capital Advisory Group, Ms. Osmani served most recently as Managing Director and Head of Cap Intro and Prime Brokerage Sales for the Middle East at Societe Generale. With nearly 20 years of industry experience, she has deep familiarity across a broad range of alternative investment strategies and all aspects of manager selection, fund marketing and capital placements. Ms. Osmani is a past recipient of the Alternative Investment Management Association (AIMA) award for ‘Best Capital Introduction Specialist’ and in 2017 was named one of 50 Leading Women in Hedge Funds globally by The Hedge Fund Journal. In addition, she currently chairs the Middle East location of 100 Women in Finance, which she launched in 2015, and has served in the past as an executive committee member of AIMA’s Middle East chapter.
ABOUT
Winton
Winton is a research-based investment management company with a single-minded focus on statistical and mathematical inference in financial markets. Winton uses technology and mathematics to investigate this process and to uncover abstract patterns and order that can be used to forecast the probability distribution of outcomes within it. We then develop and implement algorithms designed to profit from this order systematically, to help invest and grow the money people are saving for their future. Founded in 1997 by CEO David Harding, Winton now manages approximately $20 billion of assets for many of the world%u2019s largest pension funds, sovereign wealth funds, banks and fund platforms.

Abu Dhabi Global Market
Abu Dhabi Global Market (ADGM), an international financial centre (IFC) located in the capital city of the United Arab Emirates, opened for business on 21 October 2015. Established by a UAE Federal Decree as a broad-based financial centre, ADGM augments Abu Dhabi's position as a global trade and business hub serving as a strategic link between the growing economies of the Middle East, Africa and South Asia and the rest of the world.

ADGM's strategy is anchored by Abu Dhabi's key strengths panning over private banking, wealth management, asset management, derivatives and commodities trading, financial innovation, sustainability and more. Comprising three independent authorities: ADGM Courts, the Financial Services Regulatory Authority and the Registration Authority, ADGM as an IFC governs the entire 114 hectares (1.14sqkm) of Al Maryah Island which is a designated financial free zone.
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