The Premier Event for Quantitative Investment Thought Leaders

14 - 15 October, 2025 | Convene 22 Bishopsgate, London

Robert DeWitt

Managing Director, Head of Quantitative Strategies Group Algo, Equities, EMEA Bank of America Merrill Lynch

Robert De Witt is currently Managing Director, Head of Quantitative Strategies and Data Group for EMEA Equities Execution at BofA Securities. Robert looks after research and development of equities execution algorithms in EMEA where BofA has demonstrated leading market share for the entirety of 2024-2025. Robert brings 20+ years’ experience designing and building execution algorithms between the EMEA and APAC regions. Before joining BofA Securities in 2019, Robert led the Statistical Modelling and Development group for EMEA and APAC at Barclays, also involved in building execution algorithms. Robert studied Computer Science at University of California, San Diego, Financial Engineering at Columbia University and Machine Learning at Imperial College.

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