Greig Cowan
Head Of Data Science For Data Innovation
City of Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom
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Top SchoolGreig Cowan is Head of Data Science for Data Innovation at NatWest Group, bringing 13 years in industry and over 15 years of research-grade experience emerging from leadership roles on the CERN LHC experiments. He combines deep statistical modelling and large-scale data processing expertise—built developing flagship LHCb analyses and data pipelines—with applied data science in financial services. His background spans building C++ and Python toolkits, coordinating distributed computing operations, and publishing statistical models used across international collaborations. Based in Edinburgh, he bridges academic rigour (PhD in Theoretical Physics) with product-focused delivery, and is known for translating complex physics-grade analyses into scalable, production-ready data solutions. An uncommon strength is his track record of leading both the algorithmic research and the operational deployment of large scientific data systems.
13 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Duncanrig Secondary SchoolPh.D Theoretical Physics, Ph.D Theoretical Physics at University of Glasgow
English
Github Skills (1)
log-likelihood9
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
gcowan/gcowan.github.io
Jan 2015 - Mar 2019
Contributions:75 pushes in 4 years 2 months
gcowan/lhcb
Feb 2013 - Feb 2016
Contributions:68 commits, 47 pushes in 3 years
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