George Mears

George Mears is a United Kingdom mathematician and quantitative researcher. He represented the UK at the International Mathematical Olympiad in 2019, earning a Bronze Medal, and read Mathematics at Trinity College, Cambridge. He has worked at quantitative-finance firms: an internship at the electronic market maker Mako Trading (2021), an algorithm-development internship at the systematic trading firm Hudson River Trading (2022), and, per his LinkedIn, a Quantitative Researcher role at the multi-strategy hedge fund Citadel in London from 2023. The employment entries rest on index (LinkedIn-derived) data and are labeled as such.

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• Quant employment verification: CONFIRMED. A past/present, dated employment history in quantitative finance is listed - a current Quantitative Researcher role at the multi-strategy hedge fund Citadel (London, from 2023) plus algorithm-development and trading internships at the systematic/algorithmic trading firm Hudson River Trading (2022) and the electronic market maker Mako Trading (2021). Identity is supported: the same LinkedIn URL appears with the Citadel role via both index and web search, and its Guildford/George Abbot School education matches the independently verified IMO 2019 UK team member (George Abbot School, Guildford). Caveat: the three roles are index-only (LinkedIn-derived) claims and were not independently primary-source confirmed; the employment claim therefore rests on a supported identity plus a single (index) source.
• Index record lists a current Quantitative Researcher role at Citadel (London) from 2023, in the Macro team within Global Fixed Income developing analytics, tools and models; Citadel is a multi-strategy hedge fund, so this is a genuine quantitative-finance role. Index-only claim, not independently primary-source confirmed.Aug 2023
• Index record lists an Algo Dev (algorithmic development) internship at Hudson River Trading, London, in 2022 (lead: Jul-Sep 2022); HRT is a systematic/algorithmic trading firm. A dated internship, not a student insight programme. Index-only claim.Jul 2022
• Index record lists a Trading internship at Mako Trading, London, in 2021 (lead: Jul-Aug 2021); Mako is an electronic market maker in exchange-traded fixed income, equities and commodities. A dated internship. Index-only claim.Jul 2021
• The same LinkedIn URL returns 'Quantitative Researcher, Citadel' from both the people index and Google, and carries Guildford/George Abbot School education matching the IMO 2019 UK team member's school - the strongest available identity corroboration.
• Member of the UK team at the 60th International Mathematical Olympiad (IMO 2019, Bath), listed for George Abbot School; scored 22/42 for a Bronze Medal, placing 168th overall.Jul 19, 2019
• Matriculated at Trinity College, Cambridge in October 2019 to read Mathematics; won the annual Great Court Run on Matriculation Day with a time of 48.12s, beating the Trinity clock.Oct 19, 2019
• Selected to the 10-strong IMO 2019 UK squad at the Trinity College, Cambridge training camp (2-7 April 2019); the final team of six was chosen at the Leeds camp in May.Apr 7, 2019
• Employer classification: Mako Trading (mako.com) makes markets and provides liquidity on global exchanges using high-frequency methodology - a proprietary market-making/HFT firm, i.e. quantitative finance.
• Employer classification: Citadel is a multi-strategy hedge fund (company index record).
• Employer classification: Hudson River Trading is a systematic/algorithmic trading firm (company index record).
• Index (LinkedIn) lists BSc Mathematics at University of Cambridge and secondary education at George Abbot School, Guildford - consistent with the IMO 2019 school listing and current location. Index-only claim.