Kunal Haria

Kunal Haria has extensive work experience in various roles related to data analytics and business analysis. Kunal is currently working as a Financial Data Analytics Trainer (Director) at Fitch Learning since June 2022. Prior to this, they served as a Data Science Trainer at QA Ltd from June 2019 to May 2022.

Before that, they worked as a Quantitative Analyst / Data Scientist at Cabot Credit Management from May 2018 to June 2019. During this time, they applied statistical analysis to distressed portfolios and created a Markov Chain Diffusion model for the Legal Collection process of Italian NPLs.

Kunal also has experience working at Barclays Investment Bank, where they held the positions of Business Analyst (Risk Data Modelling) from September 2015 to November 2017 and Business Analyst (CSA Aware project) from September 2013 to September 2015.

Kunal has also worked as a Statistician at the Government Statistical Service from December 2012 to June 2013 and as an Algorithmic Developer at STFAlpha Hedge Fund from December 2012 to January 2013.

Furthermore, Kunal has a significant tenure at RBC Capital Markets, where they served as part of various roles. Kunal worked as Projects Manager from September 2010 to October 2012, where they guided the development and analysis of the PnL and risk management toolset for structured credit derivatives. Kunal also provided technical support to the Product Control team and supervised new joiners. Prior to this, they served as part of the Graduate Placement Program from September 2008 to September 2010, where they gained experience working with structured credit analytics and automated tasks using Excel/VBA and SQL. Kunal also developed and maintained a PnL platform for the CVA Hedging desk. Kunal started their career at RBC Capital Markets through the Graduate Rotational Program from September 2007 to September 2008.

Kunal Haria holds a Master of Science (MSc) degree in Statistics from UCL, which they completed from 2010 to 2012. Kunal also completed a Bachelor of Science (BSc) degree in Mathematics from the University of Warwick from 2001 to 2005. In 2017, Kunal attended City, University of London for a program in Financial Engineering in Interest Rates and FX, focusing on C++ applications in Quantitative Finance. Additionally, they have obtained certifications including Microsoft Certified Trainer (MCT) from Microsoft in February 2022 and January 2022, as well as Microsoft Certified: Azure Data Scientist Associate in February 2023.