Alex White

Alex White, CFA, currently serves as Senior Vice President and Director of Model Validation at Banc of California since December 2023, leading a team responsible for the strategic direction and enhancement of model validation standards. Prior to this role, Alex held the same position at Pacific Western Bank from November 2016 to December 2023. Alex's experience includes serving as Vice President at Barclays, focusing on credit and market risk model validation, and as a Senior Financial Engineer at IBM, where risk modeling solutions were developed for insurance and asset management clients. Earlier career roles include positions as a Senior Investment Analyst at New Amsterdam Capital Management Ltd, an Investment Analyst at FRM, and an Equity Analyst at Newton Investment Management. Alex holds an MSc and M.Math (Masters Hons) in Mathematics from the University of Oxford.