Marica Knežević

Marica Knežević is a Montenegrin mathematician from Nikšić who represented Montenegro at the International Mathematical Olympiad in 2008 (and 2007), earning an honourable mention in 2008. She studied mathematics at the University of Novi Sad, completed a master's at the University of Cambridge (9.58 average) and a PhD at King's College London. She has since moved into quantitative finance and fintech, working as a quantitative analyst at Barclays Investment Bank and now as Technical Business Analysis Lead at MUFG Investor Services in Cyprus.

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• Earned an honourable mention at IMO 2008 with 12 points (rank 297), solving problem 1 fully (7 pts) and problem 4 partially (4 pts) - a strong performance for a small-country team.Jul 2008
• Moved from a mathematics PhD into quantitative finance: quantitative analyst roles at Barclays Investment Bank, rising to VP, before switching to business analysis at MUFG Investor Services - a shift from pure modelling to bridging tech and business in fintech.2024
• Completed a Cambridge master's in mathematics with a 9.58 average, then won UK scholarships from King's College London and the Leverhulme Trust for her PhD - an uncommon trajectory from a small Montenegrin town to UK elite mathematics.Oct 21, 2012
• Told the press in 2012 she wanted to return to Montenegro to pass on her knowledge - but by her LinkedIn record she instead built a career in UK quantitative finance and Cyprus fintech, a common olympiad-to-quant drift.Oct 21, 2012
• Also represented Montenegro at IMO 2007 (7 points), so 2008 was her second IMO and marked a clear jump in score - she was already the country's strongest maths talent.Jul 2007
• Attributed her start in mathematics to teacher Vuksan Bulatovic at Gimnazija 'Stojan Cerovic' in Niksic, who recognised her talent and drew her into the maths section - the origin of an olympiad and later academic career.Oct 21, 2012
• The PhD-period trace that survives online is thin - no published thesis, papers or arXiv record surfaced - which suggests her post-PhD output lives in industry (IP/models) rather than open academic publishing.Sep 2026