Miquel Noguer Alonso: Co – Founder and Chief Science Officer, Artificial Intelligence Finance Institute – AIFI

Miquel Noguer is a financial markets practitioner with more than 20 years of experience in asset management, he is currently Head of Development at Global AI ( Big Data Artificial Intelligence in Finance company ) and Head on Innovation and Technology at IEF.

He worked for UBS AG (Switzerland) as Executive Director.for the last 10 years. He worked as a Chief Investment Office and CIO for Andbank from 2000 to 2006.

He is professor of Big Data in Finace at ESADE and Adjunct Professor at Columbia University teaching Asset Allocation, Big Data in Finance and Fintech. He received an MBA and a Degree in business administration and economics in ESADE in 1993. In 2010 he earned a PhD in quantitative finance with a Summa Cum Laude distinction (UNED – Madrid Spain).

Nicole Königstein: Chief Data Scientist, Head of AI & Quant Research, Wyden Capital AG

Nicole Königstein is a distinguished Data Scientist and Quantitative Researcher, currently working as Data Science and Technology Lead at impactvise, an ESG analytics company, and as Head of AI and Quantitative Research at Quantmate, an innovative FinTech startup focused on alternative data in predictive modeling. Alongside her roles in these organizations, she serves as an AI consultant across diverse industries, leading workshops and guiding companies from the conceptual stages of AI implementation through to final deployment.

As a guest lecturer, Nicole shares her expertise in Python, machine learning, and deep learning at various universities. She is a regular speaker at renowned AI and Data Science conferences, where she conducts workshops and educational sessions. In addition, she is an influential voice in the data science community, regularly reviewing books in her field and offering her insights and critiques. Nicole is also the author of the well-received online course, “Math for Machine Learning.

David Pacheco Aznar: Founding Partner & Chief of AI Research and Development, Raven Risk AI

Miquel Trafí Ruiz: Co-Founder @ Captide | GenAI for Investment Research

Co-founder of Captide, building agentic AI systems grounded in global corporate disclosures that power financial institutions.

Before this, I was part of the early team at Rand, a fintech startup I joined from the ground up. Over three years, I directly contributed to our growth as we reached product-market fit, served over 30,000 users, raised €6.5M in funding, and built a team of 20+ experts.

Skilled in Data Analysis, Data Engineering, Document Processing, Python, SQL, and Matlab.