Matthew Rowley

Matt Rowley holds the position of Chief Technology Officer at WallachBeth Capital, a leading provider of institutional execution services. Matt focuses on developing and integrating advanced scientific and technological innovations to solve the buy-side’s most challenging problems. He is responsible for product management, quantitative design, advanced analytics, execution algorithms, and engages in deep collaborative consultancy projects with the buy-side community. With nearly two decades of financial experience, Matt has developed some of the most innovative technology platforms in the industry. He began his career at First Chicago Bank as a Quantitative Analyst in the Strategic Risk Management Advisory group. While at First Chicago, Matt developed systematic trading algorithms and high/low frequency data analytics. In 2000, Matt left First Chicago to join financial software vendor Fidessa, where he served as Global Head of Advanced Trading Products. At Fidessa, Matt was a lead architect on BlueBox, the firm’s algorithmic trading system. Most recently, Matt was Head of Alternative Execution at Credit Agricole Cheuvreux and led the quantitative trading team for the Americas. Matt has been published in numerous publications including the Journal of Finance.