Natasha Pekelis

Natasha Pekelis currently serves as the Head of AI/ML and Chief Information Officer at Chicago Trading Company, a position held since March 2020. Prior to this, Natasha held prominent roles at Td Securities from June 2012 to March 2020, including Managing Director and Head of Global Capital Markets IT & Analytics, as well as Head of Front Office Development IT. Their earlier experience includes consultancy at Mosaic Financial Markets, senior positions at Citi Group overseeing Global Equity Risk and OTC Derivatives Technology, and leadership roles in Rates and Emerging Markets technology at HSBC. Natasha began their career as a Quant Developer at UBS and held positions at First Union National Bank and First Boston. Natasha holds a Bachelor’s degree in Applied Mathematics from Leningrad State University and a BS in Computer Science from Columbia University.