Mate Gyory
Mate Gyory
Mate Gyory Mate Gyory
Chief Executive Officer, Director
Quantitative Analyst
Mathematician, economist (specialised on banking and investment) with a Ph.D. in mathematics. Achieved his two M.Sc. degrees and his Ph.D. degree with distinction. Former university professor and academic researcher. Quantitative analyst with 16 years' experience in investment banks and other analytical firms. Founding member of Morgan Stanley's Mathematical Modelling Centre in 2006. Leads the company since 2016.
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Henrietta Diana Nagy-Kasza
Henrietta Diana Nagy-Kasza Henrietta Diana Nagy-Kasza Chief Operating Officer, Principal
Project Manager
Entrepreneur, artist, pianist, flutist, singer. Graduated with distinction. Founded, built and made her own music school in London successful in partnership with her husband. Successfuly managed several projects for distinguished clients. Works for the company since 2016.
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Jeroen Kerkhof
Zsolt Kovacs Jeroen Kerkhof
Senior Advisor, Quantitative Analyst
Financial mathematician, with a Ph.D in Financial Econometrics from Tilburg University. Runs VAR Strategies, a retireTech quant startup. Held various senior quantitative analytics leadership positions at global investment banks. Visiting professor of quantitative finance at prestigious universities. Quantitative analyst with 23 years' experience in the industry. As EMEA Head of Fixed Income Research at Morgan Stanley, former manager of Mate Gyory and Andras Szell.
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Istvan Hertz
Istvan Hertz Istvan Hertz
Senior Advisor, Quantitative Analyst
Software Engineer and Economist with M.Sc. degrees of Computer Science and Finance. Held various leadership positions at investment banks, including Global Head of Core Analytics at Morgan Stanley (managed 40 quants globally), Head of Analytics Integration at Royal Bank of Canada Capital Markets (managed 30 quants) and Core Analytics at Deutsche Bank. Senior Quantitative Analyst with exceptional software design, code optimization and mathematical skills and 20 years' software development experience focusing on quantitative, analytical and algorithmic problems. Founding member of the Mathematical Modelling Centre in 2006.
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Zsolt Kovacs
Zsolt Kovacs Zsolt Kovacs
Advisor, Senior Software Engineer
Senior Software Engineer and Front Office Quantitative Developer, with an M.Sc. of Technical Informatics. Held various positions at J.P. Morgan, Mercuria Energy Trading and more than 10 years at Morgan Stanley. Closely worked together with the mathematicians through various phases of the models’ lifecyle: from the implementation to the deployment to production in the Mathematical Modelling Centre from 2007.
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Andras Szell
Andras Szell Andras Szell
Senior Advisor, Quantitative Analyst
Physicist, with a Ph.D in Astronomy. Former academic researcher with a successful decade-long academic career. Quantitative analyst and Commodity and Power Risk specialist with 16 years' experience in the industry. Founding member of Morgan Stanley's Mathematical Modelling Centre in 2006.
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Zsolt Pandi
Zsolt Pandi Zsolt Pandi
Senior Advisor, Quantitative Analyst
Mathematical modeler and software engineer with an M.Sc. in Informatics and a Ph.D. in Technical Sciences. During his 16 years at Morgan Stanley, worked in New York and Budapest, and held various leadership positions, including Budapest Head of Risk Analytics (45 quants), Budapest Head of Global Macro Analytics and Modelling (25 quants), and Head of Global Macro Market Modelling. Has vast experience with developing pricing models for credit and interest rate derivatives and risk management. Founding member of the Mathematical Modelling Centre in 2006.
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Ferenc Bodon
Ferenc Bodon Ferenc Bodon
Senior Advisor,
Software Engineer and Data Scientist
Software engineer with a summa cum laude Ph.D. in Data Science. Author, former university professor and academic researcher. A polyglot data engineer with 15 years' experience at top tier institutions, specializing in high performance computing, big data and cloud solutions. Held various positions at KX and during his more than 13 years at Morgan Stanley. As EMEA Head of Business Metrics at Morgan Stanley's Fixed Income Division, had strong co-operation with FID Sales and Trading and the Mathematical Modelling Centre after 2006.
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Mate Gyory Mate Gyory
Chief Executive Officer, Director
Quantitative Analyst
Mathematician, economist (specialised on banking and investment) with a Ph.D. in mathematics. Achieved his two M.Sc. degrees and his Ph.D. degree with distinction. Former university professor and academic researcher. Quantitative analyst with 16 years' experience in investment banks and other analytical firms. Founding member of Morgan Stanley's Mathematical Modelling Centre in 2006. Leads the company since 2016.
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Henrietta Diana Nagy-Kasza Henrietta Diana Nagy-Kasza Chief Operating Officer, Principal
Project Manager
Entrepreneur, artist, pianist, flutist, singer. Graduated with distinction. Founded, built and made her own music school in London successful in partnership with her husband. Successfuly managed several projects for distinguished clients. Works for the company since 2016.
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Andras Szell Andras Szell
Senior Advisor, Quantitative Analyst
Physicist, with a Ph.D in Astronomy. Former academic researcher with a successful decade-long academic career. Quantitative analyst and Commodity and Power Risk specialist with 16 years' experience in the industry. Founding member of Morgan Stanley's Mathematical Modelling Centre in 2006.
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Istvan Hertz Istvan Hertz
Senior Advisor, Quantitative Analyst
Software Engineer and Economist with M.Sc. degrees of Computer Science and Finance. Held various leadership positions, including Global Head of Core Analytics at Morgan Stanley (managed 40 quants globally), Head of Analytics Integration at RBC Capital Markets (30 quants) and Core Analytics at Deutsche Bank. Senior Quantitative Analyst with exceptional software design, code optimization and mathematical skills and 20 years' experience in software development focusing on quantitative, analytical and algorithmic problems. Founding member of the Mathematical Modelling Centre in 2006.
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Andras Szell Zsolt Pandi
Senior Advisor, Quantitative Analyst
Mathematical modeler and software engineer with an M.Sc. in Informatics and a Ph.D. in Technical Sciences. During his 16 years at Morgan Stanley, worked in New York and Budapest, held various leadership positions, including Budapest Head of Risk Analytics (45 quants), Budapest Head of Global Macro Analytics and Modelling (25 quants), and Head of Global Macro Market Modelling. Has vast experience with developing pricing models for credit and interest rate derivatives and risk management. Founding member of the Mathematical Modelling Centre in 2006.
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Zsolt Kovacs Zsolt Kovacs
Advisor, Senior Software Engineer
Senior Software Engineer and Front Office Quantitative Developer, with an M.Sc. of Technical Informatics. Held various positions at J.P. Morgan, Mercuria Energy Trading and more than 10 years at Morgan Stanley. Closely worked together with the mathematicians through various phases of the models’ lifecyle: from the implementation to the deployment to production in the Mathematical Modelling Centre from 2007.
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Jeroen Kerkhof Jeroen Kerkhof
Senior Advisor,pool Quantitative Analyst
Financial mathematician, with a Ph.D in Financial Econometrics from Tilburg University. Runs VAR Strategies, a retireTech quant startup. Held various senior quantitative analytics leadership positions at global investment banks. Visiting professor of quantitative finance at prestigious universities. Quantitative analyst with 23 years' experience in the industry. As EMEA Head of Fixed Income Research at Morgan Stanley, former manager of Mate Gyory and Andras Szell.
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Ferenc Bodon Ferenc Bodon
Senior Advisor,
Software Engineer and Data Scientist
Software engineer with a summa cum laude Ph.D. in Data Science. Author, former university professor and academic researcher. A polyglot data engineer with 15 years' experience at top tier institutions, specializing in high performance computing, big data and cloud solutions. Held various positions at KX and during his more than 13 years at Morgan Stanley. As EMEA Head of Business Metrics at Morgan Stanley's Fixed Income Division, had strong co-operation with FID Sales and Trading and the Mathematical Modelling Centre after 2006. Read more
The main source of our talent pool are the many excellent, skillful quantitative analysts and quantitative developers with whom we worked and whom we managed throughout our careers. We know who is good and in what, who is reliable and co-operative. This gives us an excellent network, a large superb talent pool and a great advantage.

We have experienced experts with deep and up-to-date knowledge in all fields of quantitative analytics, financial mathematical modelling, financial derivatives, risk management, quantitative development, programming, testing, back-testing, documentation. We have a deep understanding of the market of finiancial derivatives and utilise it to our clients' needs.

 
DETAILS

Mate Gyory
Chief Executive Officer, Quantitative Analyst
Mathematician, economist (specialised on banking and investment) with a Ph.D. in mathematics. Achieved his two M.Sc. degrees and his Ph.D. degree with distinction. Former university professor and academic researcher. Quantitative analyst with 16 years' experience in investment banks and other analytical firms. Founding member of Morgan Stanley's Mathematical Modelling Centre in 2006. Leads the company since 2016.
Current and former positions
Mate Gyory
-IAS- Investment Analytics Solutions
Chief Executive Officer
-Renyi- Alfred Renyi Institute of Mathematics
Hungarian Academy of Sciences
-Fincad- FINCAD
Head of Quantitative Research
-BME- Budapest Univ. of Tech. and Economics
Department of Analysis
-TR- TradeRisks
Director, Head Quant
-UD- University of Debrecen
Department of Analysis
-ML- Bank of America Merrill Lynch
Director
-DOSZ- National Association of Ph.D. Fellows
Head of Scientific Department
-UBS- UBS Investment Bank
Director
-PSAT- Association of Pro Scientia Golden Medallists
-MS- Morgan Stanley
Vice President
-HBA- Hungarian Banking Association
Member of Editorial Committee
Education
-PhD- Promotio sub auspiciis praesidentis Rei Publicae, Ph.D. with distinction, 2004
summary of thesis
-ProScientia-
Pro Scientia Golden Medal
1999
-ProScientia-
-economics-
Economics M.Sc. with distinction, 2002, specialisation: banking and investments -banking-
-mathematics- Mathematics M.Sc.
with distinction, 1998
-Hungary-  -UD- National Scholarship
for the top 0.8%, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997
-Grünwald- Grünwald Medal
2003
President at the dinner that President Ferenc Madl gave to Mate Gyory's honour to celebrate the President awarding him with the distinction "Promotio sub auspiciis praesidentis Rei Publicae" in 2004
from left to right: Mate Gyory, Ferenc Madl (President of Hungary), Kalman Gyory (father), Sara Beregszaszi (mother)
devotion, reliability in preparation and stability in performance, demonstrated by each of of his 300+ grades in all fields being the possible best (5) for the first attempt during his 25 years of studies (12y primary and grammar school, 5y+5y university, 3y doctorate). For a 75% chance to achieve this, a 99.9% success probability is needed in each single case.

Henrietta Diana Nagy-Kasza
Chief Operating Officer, Project Manager
Entrepreneur, artist, pianist, flutist, singer. Graduated with distinction. Founded, built and made her own music school in London successful in partnership with her husband. Successfuly managed several projects for distinguished clients. Works for the company since 2016.
Current and former positions
Mate Gyory
-IAS- Investment Analytics Solutions
Chief Operating Officer
-BN- Business Networking
Manages business relationships
-PM- Project Management
Plans, executes, monitors projects
-KM- Knowledge Management
Manages intellectual properties
 
-OM- Operations Management
Manages business operations
-TB- Team Building
Builds effective working relationships
 
-HR- Human Resources
General human resources management
-Melody- Melody Create Music School
Senior Partner
-EM- Event Management
Organases corporate events
-VOH- Voices of Hope
Choir Manager
-WP- Workforce Planning
Plans, executes workforce strategies
-HST- Theatrical Arts College
Piano and Music Theory

Andras Szell
Senior Advisor, Quantitative Analyst
Physicist, with a Ph.D in Astronomy. Former academic researcher with a successful decade-long academic career. Quantitative analyst and Commodity and Power Risk specialist with 16 years' experience in the industry. Founding member of Morgan Stanley's Mathematical Modelling Centre in 2006.
Current and former positions
Andras Szell
-IAS- Investment Analytics Solutions
Senior Advisor
-RIT- Rochester Institute of Technology (NY)
Physics and Astronomy
-FEA- Financial Engineering Associates
Principal   /ION, Allegro, Barra/
-Rutgers- Rutgers University (NJ)
Physics and Astronomy
-ION- ION Commodities
Principal
-GCU- Glasgow Caledonian University
Physics and Astronomy
-Allegro- Allegro Development
Principal
-ELTE- Eotvos Lorant University
Mathematics, Physics and Astronomy
-ML- MSCI Barra
Vice President
-UD- Hungarian Waterpolo Organisation
Certified player
-MS- Morgan Stanley
Senior Quantitative Analyst


Istvan Hertz
Senior Advisor, Quantitative Analyst
Software Engineer and Economist with M.Sc. degrees of Computer Science and Finance. Held various leadership positions at investment banks, including Global Head of Core Analytics at Morgan Stanley (managed 40 quants globally), Head of Analytics Integration at Royal Bank of Canada Capital Markets (managed 30 quants) and Core Analytics at Deutsche Bank. Senior Quantitative Analyst with exceptional software design, code optimization and mathematical skills and 20 years' software development experience focusing on quantitative, analytical and algorithmic problems. Founding member of the Mathematical Modelling Centre in 2006.
Current and former positions
Istvan Hertz
-IAS- Investment Analytics Solutions
Senior Advisor
-DB- Deutsche Bank
Director, Core Analytics
-RBC- RBC Capital Markets
Director, Head of Analytics Integration (managed 30 quants globally)
-MS- Morgan Stanley
Executive Director, Global Head of Core Analytics (managed 40 quants globally)
-BME- Budapest University of Technology and Economics
Computer Science
-corvinus- Corvinus University of Budapest
Finance

Zsolt Pandi
Senior Advisor, Quantitative Analyst
Mathematical modeler and software engineer with an M.Sc. in Informatics and a Ph.D. in Technical Sciences. During his 16 years at Morgan Stanley, worked in New York and Budapest, and held various leadership positions, including Budapest Head of Risk Analytics (managing 45 quants), Budapest Head of Global Macro Analytics and Modelling (managing 25 quants), and Head of Global Macro Market Modelling. Has vast experience with developing pricing models for credit and interest rate derivatives and risk management. Founding member of the Mathematical Modelling Centre in 2006.
Current and former positions
Zsolt Pandi
-IAS- Investment Analytics Solutions
Senior Advisor
-MS- Morgan Stanley
Executive Director, Senior Quantitative Analyst
-MS- Morgan Stanley
Budapest Head of Risk Analytics (managing 45 quants)
-MS- Morgan Stanley
Budapest Head of Global Macro Analytics and Modelling (managing 25 quants)
-ghent- Central European University
Visiting Lecturer, Fixed Income Analysis
-BME- Budapest University of Technology and Economics
Research Assistant

Zsolt Kovacs
Advisor, Senior Software Engineer
Senior Software Engineer and Front Office Quantitative Developer, with an M.Sc. of Technical Informatics. Held various positions at J.P. Morgan, Mercuria Energy Trading and more than 10 years at Morgan Stanley. Made invaluable work on putting the mathematical models into production in the Mathematical Modelling Centre after 2007.
Current and former positions
Zsolt Kovacs
-IAS- Investment Analytics Solutions
Advisor
-drw- DRW
Senior Software Engineer
-JPM- J.P.Morgan
Vice President, Data Engineering Team Lead
-mercuria- Mercuria Energy Trading
Senior Software Engineer
-ms- Morgan Stanley
Vice President, Desk Strategist, Quantitative Developer
-ericsson- Ericsson
Systems Integrator

Jeroen Kerkhof
Senior Advisor, Quantitative Analyst
Financial mathematician, with a Ph.D in Financial Econometrics from Tilburg University. Runs VAR Strategies, a retireTech quant startup. Held various senior quantitative analytics leadership positions at global investment banks. Visiting professor of quantitative finance at prestigious universities. Quantitative analyst with 23 years' experience in the industry. As EMEA Head of Fixed Income Research at Morgan Stanley, former manager of Mate Gyory and Andras Szell.
Current and former positions
Jeroen Kerkhof
-IAS- Investment Analytics Solutions
Senior Advisor
-VS- VaR Strategies
Head of Quantitative Research
-Danske- Danske Bank
Head of Non-Linear Interest Rates
-VUB- Free University Brussels
Visiting Professor
-Jefferies- Jefferies
Global Head of Analytics
-SMU- Singapore Management University
Visiting Professor
-MS- Morgan Stanley
EMEA Head of Quantitative Fixed Income Research
-ghent- Ghent University
Visiting Professor
-lehman- Lehman Brothers
Director, Senior Interest Rate Quant
-SBS- Solvay Brussels School of Economics and Management
Academic Director
-ABN- ABN-AMRO
Researcher
-IC- Imperial College
Visiting Lecturer

 
Ferenc Bodon
Senior Advisor, Software Engineer and Data Scientist
Software engineer with a summa cum laude Ph.D. in Data Science. Author, former university professor and academic researcher. A polyglot data engineer with 15 years' experience at top tier institutions, specializing in high performance computing, big data and cloud solutions. Held various positions at KX and during his more than 13 years at Morgan Stanley. As EMEA Head of Business Metrics at Morgan Stanley's Fixed Income Division, had strong co-operation with FID Sales and Trading and the Mathematical Modelling Centre after 2006.
Current and former positions
Ferenc Bodon
-IAS- Investment Analytics Solutions
Senior Advisor
-kx- KX
Head of Benchmarking, Cloud Solutions Architect
-MS- Morgan Stanley
Executive Director, EMEA Head of Business Metrics at Fixed Income Division
-BME- Budapest University of Technology and Economics
Assistant Professor
-ms- Institute for Computer Science and Control, Hungarian Academy of Sciences
Research Fellow - Best First Year Researcher Prize (2001)
-BME- Budapest University of Technology and Economics
Ph.D. in Data Science (summa cum laude)