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AMIT KUMAR BEPARI CFA,CQF,FRM,PRM, AFP

Seasoned Market risk management professional
Bangalore

Summary

Market risk management model, Market risk analytics, investment risk professional model risk management, change management, project management and transition management, particularly in value at risk of investment portfolio. former head of risk management of lyxor hedge fund. Strong experience in establishing and managing high-performing teams with a collaborative leadership approach Working knowledge on trading business & products, risk methodology and regulatory framework (CCAR challenge, Basel 2.5). Strong experience in establishing and managing high-performing teams with a collaborative leadership approach

Overview

17
years of professional experience
16
years of post-secondary education

Work History

Wells Fargo India

Vice President - Model Risk Management
02.2019 - Current

Job overview



  • Initial margining model for option, equity variance product Market risk model validation: Validated high risk rank model like VaR and stress VaR, RWA Forecasting model
  • VaR back testing with Log likelihood ratio test
  • Option pricing model validation
  • VaR model validation for Equity option, bond
  • investment portfolio VaR model validation
  • Worked on several investment portfolio model validation


leadership aspect:

  • provided all the team member additional supportive in Qualitative model validation space and conducted corporate risk wide sessions to create awareness of model risk management
  • Maintained internal partnership with model governance and audit team on risk related topics
  • Provided vision, direction to the leadership by identifying key risk in qualitative model validation and implemented the same to cater the model risk

Société Générale(LYXOR HEDGE FUND)

Manager - Risk
01.2017 - 02.2019

Job overview

  • Headed LYXOR India hedge fund risk Team of senior Risk Analyst in Market risk, counterparty credit risk and operational risk domain
  • Job involved Hedge Fund Risk management and validating several market risk vendor models validation (VaR)
  • UCITS VaR calculation
  • Transitioned the Process from Paris and successfully implemented it in Bangalore


  • Executed various projects and completed those projects within targeted timelines -calculation testing of fixed income and equity options var model validation on historical simulation methods
  • Executed vendor model validation Projects on Option Pricing (Black and Scholes) with and without Dividend model-Projects involved building manual model validating with existing risk engine model

Australia New Zealand Bank (ANZ)

Senior Market Risk Analyst
01.2015 - 05.2017

Job overview

  • Validated VaR models, SVaR models
  • Testing of var calculation for equity option portfolio before deploying into production
  • Worked in analytics team as a part of FRTB Projects

UBS India Service Centre COGNIZANT

Process Specialist
06.2014 - 01.2015

Job overview

  • Validation of investment portfolio var model
  • Validation of Basel MARKET risk model
  • Logistic Regression model

TCS

Credit Risk
08.2013 - 05.2014

Job overview

  • Credit Risk modeling: BAU & Basel/CCAR modeling
  • Validation of Basel, BAU /CCAR PD, LGD Credit risk models
  • Calibration of market risk models periodically for Lloyds Bank
  • Worked on various market risk projects like Basel 2.5

Ratnabali Capital Market Ltd(Mutual Fund and Stock Broking)

Assistant Manager
03.2011 - 08.2013

Job overview

  • Trading Strategy making on global market like Comex and DGCX Dow Jones Nasdaq S&P 500 through Interactive Broker on behalf of institutional investor as well as prop Trader
  • Making Complex Derivative Strategies using options, Future according to Global Economic Updates
  • Commodities product knowledge and live trading experience in Comex Gold, silver, Crude
  • advising mutual fund to client based on research


Accer Financial Advisory Services LTD

Assistant Manager
02.2009 - 04.2011

Job overview

  • Making Complex Derivative Strategies using options, Future according to Global Economic Updates
  • stock selection

Education

Global associate of Risk Professional

Financial Risk Manager(FRM) from Financial Risk Management

PRMIA

Professional Risk Manager

Chartered Financial Analyst

CFA- Charter

Globsyn Business School

PGDM - Applied economics/Econometrics from Economics, Statistics

Fitch London

Certificate In Quantitative Finance from Quantitative Finance, Stochastic Calculus

Associate Financial Planner FPSB India
Financial Planning Standard Board

Investment Planning Assoociate
05.2001

IIIT B

Post Graduate Diploma in Artificial Intelligence from AI And Machine Learning
05.2001

Skills

Market Risk model validation

Timeline

Vice President - Model Risk Management

Wells Fargo India
02.2019 - Current

Manager - Risk

Société Générale(LYXOR HEDGE FUND)
01.2017 - 02.2019

Senior Market Risk Analyst

Australia New Zealand Bank (ANZ)
01.2015 - 05.2017

Process Specialist

UBS India Service Centre COGNIZANT
06.2014 - 01.2015

Credit Risk

TCS
08.2013 - 05.2014

Assistant Manager

Ratnabali Capital Market Ltd(Mutual Fund and Stock Broking)
03.2011 - 08.2013

Assistant Manager

Accer Financial Advisory Services LTD
02.2009 - 04.2011

Associate Financial Planner FPSB India

Investment Planning Assoociate
05.2001

IIIT B

Post Graduate Diploma in Artificial Intelligence from AI And Machine Learning
05.2001

PRMIA

Professional Risk Manager
01.2020

Chartered Financial Analyst

CFA- Charter
01.2008

Globsyn Business School

PGDM - Applied economics/Econometrics from Economics, Statistics
01.2008

Global associate of Risk Professional

Financial Risk Manager(FRM) from Financial Risk Management
01.2022

Fitch London

Certificate In Quantitative Finance from Quantitative Finance, Stochastic Calculus
01.2025
AMIT KUMAR BEPARI CFA,CQF,FRM,PRM, AFPSeasoned Market risk management professional