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Rachel Zhang

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Managing Director, Global Head of Fixed Income Technology at Jefferies
📍 New York, New York, United States

Rachel Zhang is the Global Head of Fixed Income Technology at Jefferies, where she has driven tech strategy and innovation since 2018. With over 15 years of experience at firms like RBC and Barclays, she specializes in trading automation and data intelligence. She holds a Master of Science from the University of Chicago.

Rachel is a vocal advocate for diversity and inclusion, having founded and co-chaired J-Asia, Jefferies Asian professionals network. This work earned her the Diversity Champion Award. She actively supports and participates in events focused on womens leadership and celebrates cultural heritage events like Lunar New Year and Diwali.

She holds a patent for a system that uses machine learning and natural language processing to improve electronic communications.

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Experience
20 Years
Current Role
Managing Director, Global Head of Fixed Income Technology
Job Level
Mid-senior
Location
New York, New York, United States
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FinTech Innovation
As a speaker at multiple tech summits, she discusses next-generation trading systems and the importance of adapting to market volatility through technology.
Diversity & Inclusion
She founded the J-Asia employee network at Jefferies, received a Diversity Champion award, and actively participates in women's leadership events.
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Career

Work history

3-2025
Managing Director, Global Head of Fixed Income Technology
Jefferies
11-2017 - 3-2025
Managing Director, Global Head of Fixed Income Front Office Technology
Jefferies
1-2011 - 11-2017
Director, Global Head of Capital Markets Sales Technology
RBC Capital Markets
8-2009 - 1-2011
Team Lead
Nomura
9-2008 - 9-2009
Assistant Vice President
Barclays
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Masters of Science
University of Chicago
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