Summary
Barney Rowe is a Senior Quantitative Analyst with 15 years of experience blending advanced statistical inference, machine learning and behavioural analytics to support investment decision-making at Fidelity International. With a PhD in Astrophysics and a strong postdoctoral research background at UCL, JPL and Institut d'Astrophysique de Paris, he uniquely translates rigorous scientific methods from cosmology into robust financial models and data pipelines. He has led cross-asset quant work—from returns forecasting and interest-rate term-structure modelling to FX hedging and market-behaviour insights—while building tools that embed behavioural psychology to mitigate known decision blind spots. Comfortable moving between research, prototyping and production, Barney excels at turning noisy, large-scale data into actionable signals for portfolio managers. Based in England, he combines academic depth with practical impact in multi-disciplinary teams.
15 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Astrophysics, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Astrophysics at Edinburgh University
MPhys, Physics, First Class, MPhys, Physics, First Class at Oxford University
English, French