Services
20 years across quant finance, media analytics, and strategy consulting. I bring rigorous analysis and a builder's instinct to problems that sit at the edge of data and decision-making.
Build Data Strategy
From messy signals to clear decisions. I help organisations design analytical frameworks, evaluate data assets, and turn quantitative insight into competitive advantage — without the jargon.
Lead & Grow Teams
I've managed analysts, data scientists, and cross-functional squads across four continents. I build high-trust, high-output teams by pairing clear direction with genuine investment in people.
Ship Products & Systems
Side projects that have reached real users, ML pipelines that run in production, and dashboards that actually get opened. I close the loop from idea to deployment.
Selected Projects
Ten things I've built — consumer products, LLM-driven simulations, and data platforms. A mix of shipped work and experiments that were too fun not to build.
- All
- Product
- Data & ML
- Simulation
About
Data scientist and strategist. 20 years across quant finance, media analytics, and consulting — with a builder's instinct and a bias toward clarity.
Strategy Consultant & Data Scientist.
I'm drawn to problems that sit at the edge of human behaviour and rigorous quantitative method.
- City: London, UK
- Company: EQ Robot Ltd
- Email: skander@eqrobot.co.uk
- Degrees: INSEAD MBA · CentraleSupélec MSc AI · Georgia Tech MSc ECE
- Consulting: Selective — open to the right brief
I'm a data scientist and strategist with 20 years across quant finance, media analytics, and management consulting — from trading floors in London to consumer-facing tools deployed across 10,000 people in Europe. Outside of work I build apps, run behavioural economics meetups, and aspire to be a competent circus artist.
Facts
A career spent turning data into decisions — across trading floors, global media networks, and adtech startups. A few numbers that sum it up.
Years of Experience
Continents Worked Across
People Reached
Postgraduate Degrees
Skills
Technical depth meets business breadth — calibrated to feel honest rather than inflated.
Resume
Data science leader combining deep technical expertise with senior business leadership — 10+ years turning analytics, software, and machine learning into commercial and execution decisions.
Summary
Skander Ben Mansour
Data science leader combining deep technical expertise with senior business leadership (INSEAD MBA, strategy consulting). I work at the intersection of data, product, and strategy — using analytics, software, and machine learning to drive concrete commercial and execution decisions, from operational optimisation to pricing, investment prioritisation, and M&A. Equally comfortable in a terminal and a boardroom.
- London, UK · French & UK Citizen
- skander@eqrobot.co.uk
- linkedin.com/in/skanderbenmansour
- eqrobot.co.uk
Education
MBA
INSEAD, France / Singapore
GMAT 740 (Quantitative 99th percentile)
MSc, Electrical & Computer Engineering
Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta
GPA 4.0/4.0 · GRE Maths 980/990 (99th percentile)
MSc, Computer Science & AI (Diplôme d'Ingénieur)
CentraleSupélec, Paris
Practical Deep Learning
fast.ai
Professional Experience
Head of Research Data Platforms
2024 - Present
Tower Research Capital — Latour Trading, London
- Build data platforms and decision-support systems for reliable use of complex internal and external data in production
- Design APIs, ingestion pipelines, feature-engineering approaches, and data-quality monitoring
Manager — Data Science
2018 - 2023
G-Research, London
- Led dataset evaluation and analytics end-to-end, supporting prioritisation and investment decisions across research teams
- Built a flexible experimentation pipeline enabling rapid, reproducible analysis; grew the team from 1 to 9 data scientists
Global Head of Data Science
2013 - 2018
Mindshare (WPP), London
- Defined global analytics product strategy and delivered decision tools guiding marketing investment across 10+ markets
- Built core optimisation and attribution products; led a global team of 20+ data scientists and econometricians
Chief Data Scientist
2012 - 2013
Byyd (adtech startup), London
- Founded the data science function; built real-time algorithmic pricing and bidding delivering 4× auction performance and 2× budget utilisation
Head of Proposition Development
2009 - 2011
Ancestry.com, London
- Applied analytics to pricing, marketing, and proposition strategy — 40% visit increase, 25% LTV uplift, £3m incremental investment
- Authored valuation frameworks supporting M&A activity (VC-funded to NASDAQ IPO)
Earlier Career
British Telecom (Strategy & Innovation) · Accenture (Senior Consultant) · Schlumberger
Contact
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London, United Kingdom
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Product & consulting work via EQ Robot Ltd