Gareth Shepherd, Ph.D.

Co-Head, Machine INTELLIGENCE
Portfolio Manger, Investment Management

Voya Machine Intelligence

Gareth is co-head of the Voya Machine Intelligence (VMI) team and a portfolio manager at Voya Investment Management. Previously he was a managing partner and co-founder of predecessor firm G Squared Capital LLP, a pioneer in applying ML/AI and data science to find persistent patterns in company and ESG data. Prior to that, he held various positions within risk and asset management in Australia, Switzerland, the U.S. and the UK. 

Gareth is an engineer by training and before entering finance he developed knowledge acquisition software to tackle classification problems in epidemiology, earning his PhD at UNSW, Sydney. He was awarded a United Nations Assoc. triple-bottom line award and completed a World Economic Forum sponsored Executive Masters (INSEAD, London Business School, and Columbia University) as a Global Leadership Fellow and is a CFA® Charterholder.