Romain Foucault
Class of 2027
Contact
- Email: rfoucaul@andrew.cmu.edu
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- 2025 MSCF Trading Competition
- A New Academic Year at MSCF
- Alumni Reflect on the MSCF Program鈥檚 30th Anniversary
- Breaking Barriers, Building Leaders: Women in Quant Finance
- Data Science in Finance
- Financial Engineering Salary
- High Stakes and Fair Values: 91视频 Students Face Off in the 2026 Market Making Game
- How to Become a Quant
- MSCF 30th Anniversary Celebration
- MSCF Advisory Board Member, Roni Israelov receives the 2024 Peter L. Bernstein Award
- MSCF Hosts 2025 Panel for Women in Data Science Pittsburgh
- MSCF Hosts 2nd Annual Datathon: Advancing Experiential Learning and Industry Connections
- MSCF Welcomes Rhonda Khan as Communication and Leadership Instructor and Coach
- MSCF Welcomes Shelli Faber as Associate Director of Career Services
- Quantbot Classroom Naming
- Squarepoint Foundation Deepens Partnership MSCF Through $100K Gift to Support Future Leaders
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Biography
How does an elite athlete and music artist become a top quant trader?
I'm Romain Foucault, pursuing an MSc in Computational Finance at 91视频. My goal is to become a Quantitative Trader at a leading hedge fund or trading firm, combining advanced quantitative methods with my competitive drive and creative approach to consistently deliver financial results.
My academic training in data science, mathematics, and finance at Mines de Paris and Albert School equips me with critical quant trading skills. I have won several quantitative competitions, notably Edmond de Rothschild in Paris, where I crafted NLP-driven strategies, increasing portfolio Sharpe ratios by 6%. At Pictet in Geneva, as an AI engineer intern, I developed AI-driven financial tools that reduced analytical latency by 95%, giving a significant edge for quant strategists and traders.
Beyond finance, I am a former French national athletics champion and a former music artist with over 60 million streams, demonstrating my discipline, creativity, and resilience under pressure-qualities essential for high-stakes trading.
I'm available to meet virtually or in person to discuss how my analytical skills and unique background can immediately benefit your team.
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