About Us
Hello there! We’re EmergeIQ, and we are here to help your organisation get the most out of the data it generates, our aim is to offer AI and Data Science to anyone who wishes to implement it within their company.
We work and play in London, United Kingdom, Dubai and Bangalore, India. Our company was founded in 2019. Scroll down to meet the people who are working to make AI and Data Science accessible and seamless to execute.
Our Values
Initiative & Innovation
Integrity & Transparency
Client & Relationships
Empathy & Culture
We work as a cohesive unit with a flat structure.
The Team
Tashfin Shafique
CEO & Co Founder
Experienced technology and change management executive. Ex-JP Morgan, Goldman Sachs and HSBC. Carried out £100+ million worth projects internationally across top Investment Banks.
Mizan Rahman
CTO & Co Founder
Seasoned product development and tech executive. Ex-Morgan Stanley, Lehman Brothers and Citigroup. Experienced in building technology products, digital transformation and Data Science.
Chris Vryonides
Chris brings over 25 years of expertise to our business having worked internationally as a quant for companies including Credit Suisse, Deutsche Bank and JPMorgan
He has an MSc in Machine Learning from UCL (2009) and a Masters from Cambridge, where he studied Natural Sciences and Engineering
Dr Hane Aung
Award winning data science and artificial intelligence specialist
Experience: 15+ years applied data science research experience in Russell Group (U.K.) and Ivy League (U.S.) institutions
Hane has authored over 50 peer reviewed academic publications in data science with over 2100 citations
Lee Cotsford
Lee possesses extensive expertise as a Consultant and Director, encompassing Strategy, Finance, and Procurement. His focus areas include Cost Reduction, Benefit Delivery, and Business Transformation, with a proven track record of achieving tangible benefits. His career showcases adept financial skills across various sectors, alongside proficient project, stakeholder, and people management abilities.
Dr. Chris Taylor
Senior Data Scientist
Chris brings over 20 years of expertise to our business having worked as a research scientist at Eli Lily, Astra Zeneca and Prediction Machine. He has a PhD in Mathematical Sciences, a Masters in Pure Mathematics from the University of Liverpool, and a First-class degree in Mathematics from Warwick University.
Technical Advisor
Leadership across financial technology, software engineering, architecture and transformation programmes.
Management of high performing engineering teams, design and build of cutting-edge quantitative solutions.
Business partnership and stakeholder management across sales, trading, analytics and risk functions.
Application of Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning and process automation to streamline core operations.
Dr. Peter Tillotson
20+ years working for a large consultancy and a world class specialist in creating algorithms. Claim to fame: his analytics work on one of the biggest large-scale distributed computer games in the world. Regularly presents at conferences and has a PhD in Artificial Intelligence (specialising in Machine Learning).
Ben Macrae
Ben holds a Machine Learning MSc from UCL and a Physics BA from Oxford University. His past projects include social media network analysis and quantifying the similarities between learned structures of neural networks.
Now the lead on MUSICiQ, he’s aiming to build a model that understands music.
Data Scientist
Octavian Culita
Passionate and results-oriented Data Scientist with a proven track record of leveraging advanced analytics, machine learning, and statistical modeling to drive actionable insights and fuel data-driven decision-making. Skilled in transforming complex datasets into strategic insights that empower businesses to enhance performance, optimize processes, and achieve growth.
Octavian holds a Masters degree from CIty University London in Datascience
Nadia Ali
A seasoned Senior Product Designer, for the end-to-end design of an AI-powered healthcare app for start-up client Onion.AI.
Previously, Nadia served as Senior Product Designer at Moteefe, spearheading the design of a ‘print-on-demand’ SaaS platform and Shopify app integration.