Alexander Bea, CQF

Alexander Bea, CQF, has a diverse work experience spanning various companies and roles. Alexander is currently serving as the Chief Analytics Officer at Swimbird AB since October 2021. Previously, they worked at SEB for eight years, starting as a Junior Quantitative Analyst in December 2013 and eventually becoming a Senior Quantitative Analyst & Architect. In this role, they conducted front office quantitative analysis and development, involving investment and financial model research, solution design, implementation, and maintenance of risk and valuation models for clients in the financial industry. Before their time at SEB, Alexander also held roles at HSB, a housing cooperative, as a Board Member responsible for developing strategies to improve operational efficiency and quality of the cooperative. Alexander also worked at Nordicstation as a Business Intelligence Consultant, where they developed data warehousing solutions for Swedbank's trading business. Additionally, Alexander gained experience as a Credit Analyst during a summer internship at SEB and conducted thesis work at Karolinska institutet and Nordicstation. Alexander started their professional career as an Assistant Manager at Pralinhuset AB and later served as the Chairman of the World Trade Center group at Business Networking International Leaders by Design Chapter.

Alexander Bea, CQF, has a diverse education history. Alexander began their higher education journey in 1995 at Tyska Skolan Stockholm / German School Stockholm, where they pursued their early academic studies. In 2008, they enrolled at KTH Royal Institute of Technology and completed their Bachelor of Science (BSc) in Business Engineering in 2011. During this time, Alexander also participated in a Bachelor of Arts (BA) program in Political Science & Economics at Stockholm University from 2009 to 2010.

Continuing their studies at KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Alexander pursued a Master of Science (MSc) in Software Engineering of Distributed Systems, specializing in the Data Science track, from 2011 to 2013. Additionally, they completed advanced courses in Economics at KTH Royal Institute of Technology in 2012 and 2013.

In 2019, Alexander obtained a Certificate in Quantitative Finance from Fitch Learning, demonstrating their expertise in this field. Prior to that, in 2017, they acquired a Certificate in Advanced Fixed Income Attribution from the Performance and Risk Association.

To further enhance their skills and knowledge, Alexander is currently pursuing a Master of Science (MSc) in Machine Learning from KTH Royal Institute of Technology, with an expected completion date in 2022.

Overall, Alexander Bea, CQF, has a strong educational background in business engineering, software engineering, data science, and machine learning.