Chandini Jain

Chandini Jain is the founder and CEO of Auquan, a London-based company she has led since June 2018. Auquan focuses on leveraging data science and machine learning to drive financial trading strategies. Alongside her role at Auquan, Chandini served as a mentor at the University of Southern California's incubator program from September 2020 to September 2023, where she guided participants in fintech and data science.

Before founding Auquan, Chandini gained extensive experience in the financial industry. She worked as a derivatives trader at Optiver, specializing in volatility spread trading and market making. Her early career includes roles as an analyst at Deutsche Bank, where she structured interest rate derivatives and developed pricing models for complex financial products. Chandini also held research positions at the University of Illinois, utilizing advanced computational tools to innovate in material systems design. Her diverse background, spanning finance, data science, and engineering, underpins her entrepreneurial success and mentorship contributions.

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• Auquan, Founder/CEO: June 2018 - Present

• University of Southern California, Mentor: September 2020 - September 2023

• Optiver, Derivatives Trader: January 2016 - May 2016

• Optiver, Trader: August 2013 - January 2016

• University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Graduate Research Assistant: January 2012 - August 2013

• Deutsche Bank, Analyst: June 2010 - January 2012

• Beckman Institute, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Student Intern: May 2009 - July 2009

• Central Mechanical Engineering Research Institute, Student Intern: May 2008 - July 2008

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