My name is Hans Róbert Hlynsson. I am originally from Iceland and currently live in London, England working as a Quant Developer for HSBC Global Asset Management. Throughout my life I’ve made it my aspiration to be the best at what I enjoy and this mentality has shaped me into the individual that I am today. My main interests are quantitative finance, programming, technology and fitness.
Personality wise I’m a total geek but consider it a positive thing. I enjoy spending my time studying and discussing things that attain to my core skill set. I like reading books, articles and papers on economic and financial topics as well as using and furthering my skills in programming. In addition to the previously mentioned topics I have also spend considerable time reading about and acting upon topics related to health, nutrition and methods of maximizing strength and endurance.
I’m not only all about studying however. I also enjoy hanging out with friends, travelling, running, weightlifting, reading fiction, watching movies and doing various graphical design projects.
- Education
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Imperial College London 2008-2009
MSc Risk Management and Financial Engineering
Reykjavík University 2005-2008
BSc Financial Engineering
Commercial College of Iceland 2001-2005
Economics
- Skills
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Programming skills (Major)
- C++
- C#
- VBA
- MATLAB
Programming skills (Minor)
- Java
- Objective-C
- R
- Python
Computing skills
- MacOS
- Windows
- Linux
- Microsoft Office
- Adobe CS
- (X)HTML
- XML
- SQL
Language skills
- Icelandic (Native)
- English (Fluent)
- Danish (Conversational)
- German (Basic)
- Experience
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HSBC Global Asset Management
Quant Developer 2011-Present
- Working with the Quantitative Research team for Global Asset Management.
Risk Management Solutions
Risk Analyst 2009-2011
- Working for the Capital Markets business unit in providing consulting, analytical- and software solutions for the issuers and buyers of Insurance Linked Securities
Humac ehf. / Apple IMC
Sales representative 2005-2008
- Sold hardware and software products as a part-time sales representative for both retail stores and corporate sales.
Reykjavik University
Part-time teacher 2007-2008
- Taught tutorial classes in linear algebra in 2007 and calculus in 2008 with 25 to 30 students in each class.
Arion Custody Services hf.
Internship 2007
- Worked in Pension fund administration where I maintained quality control for asset management of numerous small pension funds.
- Interests
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- Weightlifting
- Running
- Finance
- Technology
- Programming
- Cooking
- Reading
- Movies
- Graphical design
