David Hutfless

David Hutfless, CFA, is an experienced finance professional currently serving as Quant Dev for Commodities and Equities at Citadel since March 2019. In this role, David has developed tools for portfolio managers to conduct stress tests and price trades, and has created various internal analytics tools. Prior to Citadel, David was an Executive Director at Goldman Sachs, focusing on quantitative equities funding and trading strategies from May 2013 to March 2019. David's earlier experience includes roles as a Credit Portfolio Analyst at RBS Markets & International Banking, where credit risk modeling was a key responsibility, and as an Associate at Ernst & Young, providing quantitative analysis for banking and insurance clients. David began a career in project management at CognoLink Ltd, contributing to IT platform development, and held a research assistant position at the London School of Economics, specializing in Markov chain simulations. Academic qualifications include an MSc in Applicable Mathematics from the London School of Economics and a BSc in Physics from the University of Warwick.