Judith Gu

Managing Director, Head Equities Quantitative Strategist Scotia Bank

Judith is the Managing Director, Head of Quantitative Equities Strategists, at Bank Of Nova Scotia. Overseeing North America equities quant trading for both US and Canada, specializing in data driven, systematic real time market making, trading risk management and alpha generation. Prior to joining Bank of Nova Scotia, she was an equities Strat at Goldman Sachs worked in both quantitative asset management and equities market making desk for 16 years, with a total 25+ years in the industry. She holds an MBA from New York University, an MS from University of Connecticut, a Bachelor of Science in Computer and Accounting from Russell Sage Women’s College and has passed all 4 Certified Public Accounting exams