Mark Hickin

Mark Hickin serves as the Global Head of Talent Acquisition at Marshall Wace since January 2012, also holding titles of Head of Data and Head of Data Platform/Business Intelligence. Prior experience includes serving as Vice President at Financial Risk Management from 2008 to January 2012, overseeing all database services globally. Mark's extensive background includes working as a Freelance Database Consultant at Barclays Capital from October 2004 to June 2008, focusing on performance issues in exposure management and risk databases. Earlier in career, Mark was a Senior Consultant at Microsoft from March 1997 to October 2004, specializing in high-end database consulting and performance tuning across various environments.