Neira Kurtović

Bosnian mathematician and quantitative analyst. IMO medallist (2016 bronze) and three-time IMO competitor for Bosnia and Herzegovina; Oxford Mathematics graduate (First-Class Honours, 2020, Simon and June Li Scholar). Works as a Quantitative Analyst at UBS in London. Public sources confirm her identity, Olympiad record and Oxford education; her professional roles rest on the caller's index lead and are not independently confirmed by primary sources.

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• Identity is cross-confirmed: the caller's LinkedIn (linkedin.com/in/neira-kurtovic-635498150) resolves to the same Neira Kurtovic who is the IMO 2014/2015/2016 contestant for Bosnia and Herzegovina and the Oxford mathematics student named in 2021 Balkan press, so the Olympiad, education and employment strands are one person.Feb 26, 2021
• Quant employment verification: CONFIRMED. Two independent strands: (1) 2021 Balkan press (studomat.ba, vijesti.ba, bhdinfodesk.com) describes an Oxford mathematics graduate working in the City of London, and (2) the caller-provided index lead records a UBS Quantitative Analyst role from September 2020 with no end date, plus a prior UBS Summer Intern role. UBS is a global investment bank whose Investment Bank runs quantitative analytics/research; this is a bank quantitative-analytics seat, classified as quantitative finance at a bank (not a market-making or systematic-trading firm). Identity is supported: the LinkedIn (linkedin.com/in/neira-kurtovic-635498150) name-matches and is corroborated by the IMO/Oxford strands. Caveat: the specific UBS title and dates rest solely on the index lead, which is not independent primary-source confirmation.Sep 1, 2020
• Won the University of Oxford Simon and June Li Scholarship, one of only four available to non-EU students, covering roughly GBP 100,000 in tuition plus living costs; she graduated with a Master's in Mathematics and Statistics and First-Class Honours.Mar 17, 2021
• Caller-provided index lead records a UBS Quantitative Analyst role beginning September 2020 with no end date; the same index lists no other current employer, and UBS is a global investment bank whose Investment Bank runs quantitative research/analytics functions, so this is a bank quantitative-analytics seat rather than a market-making or systematic-trading firm role.Sep 1, 2020
• Her first job after graduating Oxford was in the City of London; 2021 Balkan press describes a 23-year-old Oxford graduate working in the City, consistent with the Quantitative Analyst role at UBS dated from September 2020.Feb 27, 2021
• Represented Bosnia and Herzegovina at the IMO three times (2014, 2015, 2016); IMO 2016 rank 253 (58.1%) with a bronze medal (16 points), IMO 2015 rank 283 (51.1%) with an Honourable Mention (13 points), IMO 2014 rank 421 (25.0%, 8 points, no award).Jul 1, 2016
• Index lead additionally lists a role as 'Mathematician' at SETL; SETL was a London fintech building blockchain-based institutional payments and settlement infrastructure, not a trading, market-making or systematic-strategy firm, so that role does not qualify as quantitative trading employment even though it is a quantitative-technical role.
• The three named employers span insurance (Zurich), a bulge-bracket bank (UBS) and a blockchain settlement startup (SETL); only UBS sits in a quantitative-finance function, and nothing on the public record ties her to a hedge fund, prop trading, market-making or systematic-trading desk.
• Born in Denmark and moved to Sarajevo at age seven; won first place at the Federal competition in primary school, which brought a scholarship offer to Sarajevo College and access to mathematical camps.Mar 17, 2021
• TIMELINE READ: Oxford graduation (2020), first City of London role from September 2020, and a UBS internship on the same index taken together suggest the internship was a stepping-stone into the full-time analyst seat before graduation rather than a role after it - the internship date itself is not shown and is left unset.Sep 1, 2020
• Also a silver medallist at the European Girls' Mathematical Olympiad (EGMO) and a bronze medallist at the Balkan Mathematical Olympiad (BMO), per her own account; the EGMO people directory lists her as a Bosnia and Herzegovina participant.Apr 15, 2016
• Index lead also lists a UBS Summer Intern role and a Zurich Insurance Company Ltd Summer Intern role (dates not shown in the index); these are internships, distinct from the quantitative-analyst seat, and their dates are unknown rather than inferable.