Usman Ahmad

Director, Chief Data Scientist @ Acuity Analytics

London, England, United Kingdom

About

Chief Data Scientist. experienced Quantitative Developer, Data Analytics Manager and AI/ML specialist with a demonstrated history of working in the financial services industry. Skilled in applying Python and R to build Quant. driven AI/ML analytics and data systems to IB's and AM's. Holding a Masters in Science (MSci) in Mathematics and Computer Science from Imperial College London.

Experience

  • Acuity Knowledge Partners (Full-time · 8 yrs 5 mos)
    • Director, Chief Data Scientist
      Apr 2025 - Present · 1 yr 3 mos

      2025 focus mainly on delivering Quant/ML/AI models, frameworks and platforms to IBs

    • Associate Director, Chief Data Scientist | Quant. Developer
      Mar 2020 - Apr 2025 · 5 yrs 2 mos

      Managing AI/ML. data science and some data engineering client engagements with IB's mainly and some AM's. Involved with hands on Python & R development, exploratory data analysis, features engineering, AI/ML model building, building data pre-processing and quality control logic. Working closely with stakeholders: M&A Bankers, FICC Traders, ECM Bankers, Portfolio Managers, ESG Integration Research, Investment Research, Finance, Legal & Compliance, Sales & Marketing. Scoping client solutions, building and managing teams of data scientists, data engineers, DevOps engineers, BI developers, business analysts and QA analysts to deliver AI/ML client mandates. Providing technical support to data scientists and data engineers on Python coding, data analysis, model building and contextual insights generation. Hiring manager for data and technology specialists.

    • Assistant Director, Lead Data Scientist | Quant. Developer
      Feb 2018 - Mar 2020 · 2 yrs 2 mos

      Involved with hands on Python & R development, exploratory data analysis, features engineering, AI/ML model building, algorithmic development, regulatory stress testing, building data pre-processing and quality control logic. Working closely with stakeholders: ECM Bankers, Portfolio Managers, FICC Risk, ESG Integration Research, Investment Research.

  • Data Analytics Manager at Lloyds Banking Group
    Jun 2017 - Feb 2018 · 9 mos

    Designed and developed strategic and tactical data and quantitative analytics software focusing on risk and control covering Business Banking, Retail, Commercial Banking and Credit Risk. Developed machine learning software that 1) profiles data and provides forecasting using multi-variate linear regression, various decision tree classifications; 2) mined web chats, reports and emails using natural language processing to extract use insights and sentiments via various classification methods. Tech: R, Python, VBA, SQL

  • Associate, Data Analytics Developer at Goldman Sachs
    Dec 2014 - Jun 2017 · 2 yrs 7 mos

    Designed and developed strategic and tactical data and quantitative analytics software focusing on risk and control covering securities (FICC and Equities), IMD, IBD, Corporate Banking, Operations and Technology. Tech: Slang, SecDB, Angular JavaScript, R, SQL

  • Cash Equities & Carbon Credits Software Engineer at Markit
    May 2012 - Oct 2014 · 2 yrs 6 mos

    Developing & Supporting Cash Equities data anaytics ETL frameworks and tools [C#, VBA, MySQL] Developing web applications and API services for the Markit Environmental Registry [Java Spring/Apache/Tomcat, JS, VBA, SQL SERVER]

  • Credit Trading Risk Software Engineer at UBS
    Jul 2007 - Oct 2011 · 4 yrs 4 mos

    Software Development of FICC EMEA trading desk risk management system UI and backend aggregation and anytics API - C#, Java, Oracle SQL Operations - trade bookings, risk management analysis and reporting. Rapid Application Development - risk & PnL real time and on-demand data aggregations and analytics including reporting (VBA, C#, Oracle SQL)