Venugopal Nair, Cfa, Frm
About Venugopal Nair, Cfa, Frm
Venugopal Nair is a Director at UBS Investment Banking, where he serves as the Product Head for Macro, Emerging Market, and Treasury Risk IT. He has over 14 years of experience at UBS and previously held positions at Zurich Financial Services and Swiss Re, specializing in risk management and data integration.
Work at UBS
Venugopal Nair has been serving as Director at UBS Investment Banking since 2010. In this role, he is the Product Head for Macro, Emerging Market (Macro), and Treasury, Risk IT. His responsibilities include overseeing the integration of PnL data sourcing across all product areas within the bank, specifically from a Market Risk perspective. Nair has specialized in delivering comprehensive risk management functionality, managing a global team to ensure effective end-user delivery.
Previous Experience
Before joining UBS, Venugopal Nair worked at Zurich Financial Services for one year as part of the Information Management team, focusing on risk, investments, finance, and security master data. He also held the position of Vice President at Swiss Re from 2001 to 2009, where he managed the group-wide Market and Credit Risk aggregation platform. His earlier experience includes a five-year tenure at SIX Telekurs, where he served as Data Manager, handling security master data, corporate actions, and valuation prices.
Education and Expertise
Venugopal Nair holds a Master of Science in Finance and Information Technology from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, which he completed from 1990 to 1993. He has also achieved the Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) designation from the CFA Institute in Charlottesville, USA, and is a certified Financial Risk Manager (FRM) from the Global Association of Risk Professionals. His educational background supports his expertise in risk management and financial analysis.
Specializations
Nair specializes in delivering risk management functionality from business case definition to end-user delivery. He has extensive experience in managing security and company data, including corporate actions, ratings, and valuation prices. His work involves collaboration with data feed providers such as Telekurs, Bloomberg, Moody's, and S&P, ensuring comprehensive data integration and risk assessment across various financial products.