Paddy Osborn was born in Wisbech, Cambridgeshire in 1965. He is a graduate of the University of Reading, where he gained a BSc (Hons.) in Mathematics and Computer Science. He started working in the City in 1987 trading Japanese Equity Derivatives at Securities House, NKK, after which he moved to Tradermade International Ltd. and then BETA Group. Paddy has over 20 years of market experience, both as a trader and as a technical analyst. He appears regularly on CNBC to give his technical views on the markets and has appeared on discussion panels at financial conferences.

Paddy currently splits his time between lecturing at a number of UK universities, providing consultancy services to banks and fund managers as well as delivering seminars to banking audiences across the globe. Paddy holds the IFTA CFTe Level 2 Certificate and a Diploma from the Society of Technical Analysts.