Yazann Romahi, PhD, CFA, managing director, is Chief Investment Officer for Quantitative Solutions, part of AM Solutions, focused on managing and developing the firm's systematic and factor-based franchise across strategic beta and thematics. He is also responsible for leading the firm's Multi-Asset Quantitative Research capabilities. Prior to joining J.P. Morgan in 2003, Yazann worked as a research analyst at the Centre for Financial Research at the University of Cambridge and undertook consulting assignments for a number of financial institutions including Pioneer Asset Management, PricewaterhouseCoopers and HSBC. Yazann holds a MSc in Artificial Intelligence from the University of Edinburgh and a PhD in Computational Finance from the University of Cambridge and is a CFA charterholder.