Tom Barker

Tom Barker's work experience includes:

- Head of Modelling & Analytics, Finance & Treasury at Aldermore Bank PLC (2018-present)

- Responsible for all models within Finance & Treasury, with expertise in balance sheet management, stress testing, and finance models

- Key member of Treasury Leadership Team and Finance Change Steerco

- Manages a large team of quantitative and market experts

- Senior member of the Group Model Risk Management Framework

- Developed and oversees the EIR model for Aldermore

- Detailed knowledge of forecasting, budgeting, hedging, investment, secured funding, ALM, accounting, FP&A, and regulatory reporting

- Managing Director/Founder at Blackbird Green (2016-2018)

- Chief Operating Officer, Derivatives at River and Mercantile Group PLC (2015)

- Interest Rates Trader, Algorithmic Trader, and Quantitative Analyst at Investec (2005-2014)

- Senior Software Analyst and Software Analyst at Idox plc (2001-2005)

- Played a pivotal role in the growth and transformation of the company following its IPO.

Tom Barker earned a Bachelor's Degree in Mathematics (Arts) with a First Class Honors from The University of Edinburgh from 1990 to 1994. Later on, they pursued a Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) in Pure Mathematics at the University of Southampton from 1996 to 2000. Tom Barker also holds the FCA CF30 certification.