Ashish Vats

Ashish Vats, CFA, is an experienced finance and technology professional currently serving as a Technical Lead for Macro Portfolio Management Systems at Point72 since August 2021, where responsibilities include building risk and pricing solutions for the Macro Desk. Prior to this role, Ashish held various positions, including Vice President and Senior Software Engineer at PointState Capital LP, where focus was on risk and pricing tools for trading desks, and Associate Director at Willett Advisors, where contributions included strategic platform development for portfolio management. Experience also includes roles at Bank of America, BroadPeak Partners, Chicago Trading Company, UBS, and Barclays Capital, spanning risk management, trading assistant roles, and software development. Ashish holds an MS in Computational Finance from Carnegie Mellon University, an MBA from NYU Stern School of Business, and a BE in Electrical Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee.