Rohtas Kumar is an experienced professional in quantitative finance, risk modeling, and investment analytics, with over 25 years across global banks, consulting firms, and startups. He has led end-to-end delivery across model development, validation, trading strategies, portfolio analytics, and regulatory risk—including credit scoring, CCAR, IRB, IFRS 9, VaR, and systematic investment models.
He most recently built and led a global capability center for a U.S.-based assessments firm, driving AI-enabled innovation in scoring and proctoring. At CRISIL, he headed the Model Risk and Traded Risk practice, co-founded Centers of Excellence on regulation and modeling, and launched the CRISIL Doctoral Symposium in partnership with the Indian Finance Association.
Earlier, he held quant leadership roles at UBS and Cognizant, developing alpha models, portfolio tools, and systematic strategies. Rohtas holds a Ph.D. from IIM Bangalore, an MBA from FMS Delhi, and a B.E. from BITS Pilani. He is a CFA charterholder and has delivered guest lectures at leading institutions including the IIMs and RBI’s College of Supervisors.
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