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Barclays is building a new team intended to tap unconventional data sources to bolster its research department, and it has hired a top data scientist from BuzzFeed to lead the charge.
The British bank announced Thursday that it had hired Adam Kelleher as director and chief data scientist for research, a new role at the bank focused on "sourcing, normalizing, and utilizing alternative data sets to support Barclays' Research franchise."
Kelleher, previously a principal data scientist and machine-learning expert at BuzzFeed, will build and lead a global team of data scientists capitalizing on the burgeoning field of alternative data- raw or unstructured sources of information like satellite imagery or weather patterns not found in traditional financial filings or investor presentations.
Here's our story: Barclays has hired a top data scientist from BuzzFeed to build a team to exploit a $5 billion opportunity.
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