Derek Waldron

Head of Chief Analytics Office, JPMorganChase

Derek is responsible for accelerating the firm's AI and machine learning agenda.

Before assuming his current role, he served as the Firmwide Head of Strategy and Chief of Staff for the Corporate & Investment Bank, where he collaborated with the Operating Committee to develop the firm's strategic framework and spearhead growth and transformation initiatives across the bank.

Derek holds a Ph.D. in Computational Physics from McGill University in Montreal, Canada, and a Bachelor of Science with Joint Honors in Mathematics and Physics from the University of Waterloo in Waterloo, Canada.