Takaya Sekine is the Deputy Head of Quant Portfolio Strategy within Amundi Investment Institute. In this role, he works on the practical implementation of quant research. He specializes in the integration of artificial intelligence methods in investment strategies across asset classes. He has been particularly involved in sustainable research and on developing the economic narratives’ concept for decision making. He joined Amundi in 2000 and gained his current position in July 2018. Prior to that, he was Deputy CIO at Amundi Japan (between 2011 and 2018) where he was mainly involved in macroeconomic and policy related investment strategies. He is the inventor of an investment trust management system patented in Japan. He held multiple fund management and quant related positions between 2001 and 2011.Takaya began his career as an IT Manager at Amundi Japan’s predecessor company (between 2000 and 2001). Takaya is a Professor for Artificial intelligence for decision making at the Master in International finance of HEC in Paris. He has been a CFA charterholder since 2005 and an Associate member of the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners from 2010 to 2024. He received the Ingénieur Civil des Mines degree from Ecole des Mines de Nancy in 2000.