Marica Knezevic

Mathematician and quantitative-finance and financial-services professional. Marica Knezevic (Knežević) represented Montenegro at the International Mathematical Olympiad 2008, earning an Honourable Mention, then studied mathematics at the University of Novi Sad (BSc), the University of Cambridge (Master's) and King's College London (PhD). She worked at Barclays Investment Bank in London from a Quantitative Analytics internship (2016) through Assistant Vice President (2016-2020) to Vice President Quantitative Analyst (2020), and since 2020 has been at MUFG Investor Services in Cyprus, first as Business Analyst and later as Technical Business Analysis Lead.

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• Quant employment verification: CONFIRMED. Marica Knezevic (LinkedIn marica-knezevic-090682129) is listed with three Barclays Investment Bank roles in London - Internship in Quantitative Analytics (2016), Assistant Vice President in Quantitative Analytics (2016-2020) and Vice President Quantitative Analyst (2020) - which are actual employment/internship roles, not student programmes. Barclays Investment Bank operates a quantitative analytics function (its own quantitative analytics programme pages confirm this), so the employer is a genuine quant-finance environment. Identity is supported: the same profile's mathematics trajectory (BSc Novi Sad 2008, the IMO year; Cambridge Master's; KCL maths PhD) matches the IMO 2008 Montenegro contestant. Caveat: the role list and dates derive from index/LinkedIn data, not an independent primary source confirming the employment, and no hedge-fund, prop-trading, market-making, energy or crypto trading employer was found. Her later MUFG Investor Services role is fund administration, not quant trading.
• Barclays Investment Bank (London) roles: Internship in Quantitative Analytics (2016), Assistant Vice President in Quantitative Analytics (2016-2020), Vice President Quantitative Analyst (2020). The AVP and VP are substantive quant roles and the internship is real employment; none is a student insight programme. Sourced from index/LinkedIn data.2016
• The LinkedIn profile marica-knezevic-090682129 carries a mathematics trajectory consistent with the IMO contestant (BSc Mathematics at the University of Novi Sad beginning 2008, the IMO year; then Cambridge Master's; then a King's College London mathematics PhD), so the LinkedIn identity and the Olympiad identity are treated as the same person.
• MUFG Investor Services (Cyprus): Business Analyst (2020-2023) then Technical Business Analysis Lead (2023-). MUFG Investor Services is a fund administration / asset servicing provider within the MUFG group - financial services but not a quant trading, market-making or hedge-fund firm.2020
• Represented Montenegro at IMO 2008 with an Honourable Mention: rank 297, 44.7%, 12 points (P1=7, P2=1, P4=4); team placed 84th.2008
• Education: BSc Mathematics, University of Novi Sad (2008-2011); Master's in Mathematics, University of Cambridge (2011-2012); PhD in Mathematics, King's College London (2012-2016) - an unbroken pure-maths track running straight from her IMO years into research.2016
• Barclays runs a dedicated Quantitative Analytics function (its own graduate and internship programme pages advertise quantitative analytics roles), which supports classifying the employer as a genuine quant-finance environment rather than a 'quant'-named shell.
• The IMO contestant record shows a second participation in 2007, so 2008 was not her only olympiad appearance.2007