Narendra Kumar
About Narendra Kumar
Narendra Kumar is the Senior Vice President at Jefferies, leading the risk technology team for Europe and Asia, with extensive experience in derivatives pricing, risk management, and cloud-native solutions.
Current Role at Jefferies
Narendra Kumar currently serves as Senior Vice President (SVP) at Jefferies, a role he has held since 2018. Based in London, United Kingdom, he leads the risk technology team for Europe and Asia. His focus includes market and credit risk management. Narendra's responsibilities encompass developing and maintaining systems for trade booking and pricing, with an emphasis on low latency and real-time server-side architectures.
Work Experience at Morgan Stanley
Before joining Jefferies, Narendra Kumar worked at Morgan Stanley as a Development Manager from 2017 to 2018. During his tenure in London, United Kingdom, he was responsible for managing development projects and ensuring that technological solutions met business requirements. His experience in this role contributed to his expertise in market and credit risk management.
Career at Nomura and RBS
Narendra Kumar has held key positions at financial institutions such as Nomura and RBS. He served as Vice President at Nomura from 2014 to 2015, where he specialized in derivatives pricing and risk management, particularly in credit and equity asset classes. Prior to that, he was Vice President at RBS from 2011 to 2013, where he gained significant experience in architecting and implementing risk management systems.
Educational Background
Narendra Kumar obtained his Master of Business Administration (MBA) from London Business School, completing his studies there from 2012 to 2014. Additionally, he holds a Master's degree from the Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, where he studied from 1994 to 1999. His solid educational foundation has played a crucial role in his career development in the financial and technology sectors.
Expertise in Risk Management Systems
Narendra Kumar has extensive experience in designing high-throughput server-side systems for enterprise risk. His work includes creating architectures to calculate aggregate measures like Value at Risk (VaR) and Potential Future Exposure (PFE). Moreover, he has a strong command of cloud-native solutions using AWS, along with establishing efficient data pipelines using ETL and ELT strategies for both event-driven real-time systems and batch-oriented high-throughput systems.