Naim El-Far

Naim El-Far serves as the Head of Equities Investment Engineering at Bridgewater Associates since January 2013, overseeing the design, architecture, and investment logic of equities investment systems, with a current focus on single name equities, portfolio construction, and risk management. Prior roles at Bridgewater include Lead Investment Engineer and Senior Investment Engineer, where Naim worked closely with CIOs and managed systematic long/short equities strategies. Naim's early career includes significant roles in trading technology and algo trading, complemented by experience as Chief Technology Officer at Lightspeed Studios Inc., which became Canada’s largest data miner in its segment. Naim holds a PhD and MSc in Computer Science from the University of Ottawa, along with a BSc in Computer Science, Math, and Business from the University of Arkansas.