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Jesse McDougall is a Visiting Professor in Finance at King’s Business School, King's College London. He has extensive experience in the finance sector, having served as the CFO of Drillform, an industrial robotics manufacturing firm, and co-founded Palomar, a hedge fund focusing on a proprietary, quantitatively-driven asset management strategy. Previously, he was the Vice President of the Equity Derivatives Proprietary Trading team at Barclays Capital, where he researched and managed a trading portfolio of various alpha strategies for long/short and event-driven quantitative futures trading. Jesse has worked in Corporate Finance Advisory at Bank Montreal, advising large-cap Canadian companies on mergers and capital-raising strategies. His research interests revolve around equities and equity derivatives, market anomalies, and behavioral finance. He holds an undergraduate degree in Mathematics and Finance from McGill University, graduating with Great Distinction, and completed his Master’s in Finance at the London Business School with Distinction.
King’s Business School • London
Teaching and conducting research in Finance.
Drillform •
Chief Financial Officer at an industrial robotics manufacturing firm.
Palomar •
Co-founded a hedge fund focusing on quantitatively-driven asset management.
Barclays Capital •
Worked in the Equity Derivatives Proprietary Trading team, researching various trading strategies.
Bank Montreal •
Advised large-cap Canadian companies on mergers and capital-raising strategies.
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