Biography
Andrew Y. Chin is Chief Risk Officer and Head of Quantitative Research for AllianceBernstein. As Chief Risk Officer, he oversees all aspects of risk management to ensure that risks being taken are well understood and appropriately managed. In the Quantitative Research role, Chin is responsible for optimizing the quantitative research infrastructure and resources, and for leveraging best practices across and within asset classes.
He has held various quantitative research roles in New York and London since joining the firm in 1997. In 2004, Chin became a senior portfolio manager for Style Blend Equities and was named director of Quantitative Research for Value Equities in 2005. He previously spent three years as a project manager and business analyst in Global Investment Management at Bankers Trust. Chin holds a BA in math and computer science and an MBA in finance from Cornell University.