Owain Self
Managing Director, Head of Algorithmic Trading, Americas & EMEA
UBS Investment Bank
Owain Self, as the Head of UBS Algorithmic Trading for the Americas and EMEA, is responsible for the ongoing evolution of the firm’s award-winning algorithmic trading suite of products. Managing cross-regional teams of traders, quantitative analysts, and technologists, he oversees the design, development and implementation of UBS’s innovative automated execution strategies across these major markets. He is also a member of the Global Direct Execution Steering Committee.
This role culminates nearly a decade of quantitative experience and electronic trading expertise. Owain was previously Co-Head of UBS European Automated Trading since 2007, where he managed Risk, Delta 1 and Quantitative Trading, also serving as the Head of European Algorithmic Trading – a role he’s held since 2004. During the last five years he’s been responsible for the architecture and development of many marquee products, as well as the firm’s state of the art algorithmic trading infrastructure. Having joined UBS in 2000, Owain held a variety of increasingly senior roles on European Cash and Derivatives Trading Desks.
Prior to joining UBS, he spent several years on sell side trading desks for firms such as Daiwa Europe. Owain is a frequent industry speaker on topics relating to trading execution and market structure, and has published several articles and white papers on a range of Equities Industry topics, including innovations in algorithmic trading and the optimization of access to liquidity.