Jacobo Roa-Vicens
Jacobo Roa-Vicens
Jacobo Roa Vicens is a Spanish investment banker and artificial intelligence researcher. He is currently an Executive Director and Head of Product & Business Development at the JPMorgan Chase Machine Learning Center of Excellence. He previously covered systematic macro trading strategies and strategic corporate derivatives, as well as fixed income markets at Morgan Stanley.
Meanwhile, Jacobo conducts research in applied artificial intelligence at University College London, focused on new models of statistical machine learning, including applications as a Research Associate at the UCL Centre for Blockchain Technologies. He earned his degree of Electrical Engineer at Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, his PhD in Machine Learning at University College London, a MSc in Management from HEC Paris (Diplôme Grande École) and a MA in Economics from the College of Europe in Belgium, in addition to courses at École Polytechnique in France and Harvard University in the US.
Jacobo has received excellence awards and fellowships from the Lucent Technologies Foundation and the Spanish Ministry of Foreign Affairs, among others. He has a deep interest in disruptive technologies, international economics and public affairs, having served as member of the National Scholar Council of the Spanish Ministry of Education and Science, advising on legislation, and as David Rockefeller Fellow and Country Secretary of the Trilateral Commission. A passionate scuba diver, he qualified as professional scuba diving instructor.
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