Austin Cottrell

Austin Cottrell is an Associate Director in Global Credit Algorithm Trading at HSBC, where they lead global research initiatives to systematically provide liquidity in corporate bonds. Previously, Cottrell held several key quantitative roles at Citi, culminating in leadership as Vice President and Lead Quant for EMEA AMM, as well as serving as the Quantitative Head for Central Risk in Europe. Prior to that, Cottrell worked at Société Générale as Director, Senior Quantitative Execution Trader, where they developed quantitative tools for Central Risk capabilities. They earned a PhD in Computational and Applied Mathematics from The University of Texas at Austin.