Georges Dib
Managing Director, EM Exotics & Frontier Markets Trading at JPMorgan Chase
London, England, United Kingdom
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Top SchoolGeorges Dib is a Managing Director at JPMorgan Chase specializing in EM exotics and frontier markets trading, with over a decade of senior trading and quantitative research experience across emerging markets, FX, rates and credit. Trained at École Polytechnique and Paris VI in financial mathematics and computer science, he combines rigorous quantitative skills with practical trading instincts developed since the mid-2000s. He has led structuring and trading of complex hybrid products and managed frontier-market risk in fast-moving environments. Beyond finance, he is an active back-end contributor to major blockchain projects like Parity’s Polkadot and Substrate, helping adapt core runtime and consensus components—a rare crossover that informs his views on crypto and market microstructure. Based in London, he blends institutional market leadership with hands-on technical contributions, uniquely positioning him at the intersection of structured finance and blockchain engineering. Colleagues value him for translating deep technical changes into robust, production-ready market infrastructure.
5 years of coding experience
Engineering Diploma, Financial Mathematics, Computer Science, Economics, Engineering Diploma, Financial Mathematics, Computer Science, Economics at École PolytechniqueMasters, Financial Mathematics, Masters, Financial Mathematics at Université Pierre et Marie Curie (Paris VI)Classes Préparatoires, Classes Préparatoires at Lycée Louis-Le-GrandHigh School Diploma, Mathematics, General Sciences, High School Diploma, Mathematics, General Sciences at Champville
French, Arabic, English
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Github Skills (19)
substrate10
pallet10
storage10
runtime-configuration10
polkadot-js10
blockchain10
codec10
nodejs10
rust10
frame10
polkadot10
nodes10
data-structure9
algorithm9
algorithms9
Programming languages (9)
Github contributions (5)
paritytech/substrate
Aug 2021 - Jun 2022
Substrate: The platform for blockchain innovators
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:78 reviews, 15 commits, 30 PRs in 9 months
Contributions summary:Georges primarily focused on modifying and improving the `substrate` blockchain platform. Their work involved implementing storage information generation, converting `Vec` to `WeakBoundedVec`, and adding bounds to the `authority-discovery`, `im-online`, `grandpa`, and `babe` pallets. They also made changes to the node runtime configuration and primitives related to consensus and application crypto. The user's contributions were critical for the platform's architecture and core functionalities.
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paritytech/polkadot
Aug 2021 - Jun 2022
Polkadot Node Implementation
Role in this project:Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:1 review, 13 commits, 28 PRs in 9 months
Contributions summary:Georges primarily contributed to the Polkadot node implementation, focusing on integrating changes related to Substrate updates. Their commits include modifications to runtime configurations across different chains (Westend, Polkadot, Kusama, Rococo), adding and adjusting parameters for various pallets like `authority_discovery`, `im_online`, `grandpa`, and `babe`. The contributions also involve updating dependencies and adapting code to match new substrate structures, with a clear emphasis on maintaining compatibility and incorporating new features within the Polkadot ecosystem.
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