Laurence Hitchens

Laurence Hitchens serves as Managing Director and Head of Valuations Controls at Cantor Fitzgerald since April 2022, overseeing independent price verification and portfolio monitoring across various financial products. Prior experience includes roles such as Senior Vice President of Valuation Control at Citi and Senior Consultant at Cantor Fitzgerald, where valuation controls for mortgages and securitized products were developed. Hitchens also contributed to Goldman Sachs as Executive Director in Model Risk Governance and Product Control, managing significant teams and implementing key model risk frameworks. Additional experience includes leadership positions at Barclays Investment Bank and Westdeutsche Landesbank. Academically, Hitchens is pursuing a MicroMasters in Statistics and Data Science from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, holds an MBA in Finance from Fordham University, and has a Master’s degree in Economics from New York University.