Siddharth Dagar

Siddharth Dagar is an experienced finance professional currently serving as the Head of Model Validation at Santander Bank, N.A. since January 2022. Prior to this role, Siddharth held the position of Executive Director for Model Risk and Governance at JPMorgan from August 2008 to January 2022, specializing in quantitative research, model risk, market risk, asset management, and model governance. Siddharth's earlier experience includes roles as a Senior Quant Developer/Project Manager at Amtex Systems and Project Manager at Aon Hewitt, along with positions as a Senior Technology Associate at Sapient Global Markets and Senior Software Engineer at NIIT Technologies Limited. Academically, Siddharth holds an MBA in Finance and Corporate Strategy from the University of Michigan, as well as advanced degrees in Quantitative Finance and Financial Mathematics from Baruch College.