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Rishi Thapar

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Executive Director - Head of Investment Risk at Scottish National Investment Bank

Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom

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About

Rishi Thapar is Executive Director and Head of Investment Risk at The Scottish National Investment Bank, where he oversees risk for impact investments spanning early-stage and scaleup investments, private equity, debt, project finance, and funds across the Bank's Net Zero, Innovation, climate finance, Just Transition, and Places & Regeneration missions. He has more than 20 years of experience with institutional investors, hedge funds, and asset managers across public and private markets, covering areas including market, credit, liquidity, model, and enterprise risk. His work also includes quantitative investment research and modelling, climate risk modelling, and system development using tools such as R, Python, Matlab, and SQL.

Experience

  1. The Scottish National Investment BankExecutive Director - Head of Investment Riskcurrent2023 — present
  2. Local Pensions Partnership InvestmentsSenior Investment Risk Manager2023
  3. International Asset Management Ltd. (IAM)Head of Risk2020 — 2023
  4. Local Pensions PartnershipHead of Investment Risk2018 — 2020London, United Kingdom
  5. Windmill Hill Asset Management Limited - Investment Manager for Rothschild Endowments & FoundationsSenior Risk Manager- Head of Investment Risk and Quantitative Analysis2013 — 2018London, United Kingdom
  6. UBSDirector- Risk2012 — 2013London, United Kingdom
  7. Armajaro Asset Management LLPRisk Manager2011 — 2012London Area, United Kingdom
  8. International Asset Management Ltd. (IAM)Senior Quantitative Research Analyst2006 — 2011London Area, United Kingdom
  9. Coronation Fund ManagersQuantitative Analyst2004 — 2005London Area, United Kingdom
  10. Front Capital SystemsRisk Management Product Specialist2004
  11. EricssonPortfolio Marketing Manager2001 — 2002
  12. HCL TechnologiesBusiness Development, HCL Technologies Europe Limited, U.K.2000 — 2001
  13. ABBProduct Engineer, CG-Elsag Bailey Ltd ( ABB Analytical)1993 — 1997

Skills & more

Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Protocol1Climate risk1Impact Investing1Sustainable FinanceTask Force on Climate-Related Financial Disclosures (TCFD)Credit Risk ManagementCommodities3Risk Management20Hedge Funds49Quantitative Research4Quantitative Modeling2Alternative Investments5
+12 moreCommodity Risk ManagementPortfolio ManagementMatlabRVB.NETMarket RiskOperational Risk ManagementRiskRisk AnalyticsFund Of FundsPortfolio OptimizationFinancial Modeling

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Who is Rishi Thapar?
Rishi Thapar is Executive Director and Head of Investment Risk at The Scottish National Investment Bank, where he oversees risk for impact investments spanning early-stage and scaleup investments, private equity, debt, project finance, and funds across the Bank's Net Zero, Innovation, climate finance, Just Transition, and Places & Regeneration missions. He has more than 20 years of experience with institutional investors, hedge funds, and asset managers across public and private markets, covering areas including market, credit, liquidity, model, and enterprise risk. His work also includes quantitative investment research and modelling, climate risk modelling, and system development using tools such as R, Python, Matlab, and SQL.
Where does Rishi Thapar work?
Rishi Thapar is Executive Director - Head of Investment Risk at Scottish National Investment Bank.
Where did Rishi Thapar go to school?
Rishi Thapar studied at Stockholm School of Economics (M.Sc, Finance); Indian Institute of Management Bangalore (MBA); Thapar Institute of Engineering & Technology (B.E., Electronics).

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