Azam Mistry Cfa

Audit Director, Svp, Internal Audit at New York Community Bancorp

Azam Mistry, a CFA, FRM, CTP, and MA (Oxon), has a diverse work experience spanning over 25 years. Azam most recently served as the Audit Director and SVP of Internal Audit at New York Community Bancorp, Inc. (NYCB) from August 2018. In this role, they conducted risk management audits and provided training to internal audit personnel.

Prior to this, Azam worked as the Internal Audit Manager and VP at CIT from May 2017 to August 2018. Here, they managed and executed audits related to liquidity, market risk, ALM, and CCAR. Furthermore, they leveraged their industry expertise to coordinate across audit teams, train internal audit staff, and support senior management.

From October 2013 to April 2017, Azam served as the SVP of Treasury and Risk Internal Audit at GE Capital. In this global role, they had responsibilities ranging from audits of liquidity, ALM, treasury, market and model risk management, to Dodd-Frank regulatory reforms and trading room controls. Azam also played a key role in the transformation of the audit team following regulatory oversight by the Federal Reserve Bank.

Azam has also held various positions at GE Capital, including Managing Director and Treasurer of the European Banking Restructuring Group from October 2010 to September 2013. In this role, they managed multiple bank operations in Europe, overseeing restructuring, dispositions, and orderly liquidations. Additionally, they served as the Managing Director and Asia Treasurer at GE Capital, where they handled funding acquisitions, joint ventures, and asset financings, and managed interest rate and FX risk.

Earlier in their career, Azam worked as the Head of Structured Derivative Product Sales at Native American Securities, and as the Head of Derivatives Sales/Risk Management Advisory at HSBC.

Overall, Azam Mistry's work experience demonstrates their expertise in risk management, internal audit, liquidity, treasury, and derivative product sales, along with their ability to manage teams and navigate regulatory compliance.

Azam Mistry's education history includes a Bachelor of Commerce degree from the University of Mumbai, obtained between 1975 and 1978. Later, between 1978 and 1981, Mistry pursued a Bachelor of Arts degree in Economics and Philosophy at the University of Oxford, earning a Master of Arts (MA Oxon) as well. Additionally, Mistry completed an MBA at Columbia Business School from 1989 to 1991, focusing on Finance and Financial Markets. Mistry also holds the Certified Treasury Professional (CTP) certification obtained in 2019 from the Association for Financial Professionals. Mistry is also a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) certified by the CFA Institute, as well as a Financial Risk Manager (FRM) certified by the Global Association of Risk Professionals (GARP). The specific obtaining dates for the CFA and FRM certifications are not provided.

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  • Audit Director, Svp, Internal Audit

    August, 2018 - present

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