Nishant Agrawal

Nishant Agrawal, Ph.D., currently serves as Manager of Quantitative Analytics within Trading Risk Model Development at TD Securities, a position held since October 2021, after previously being a Senior Quantitative Analyst in the same department. Prior experience includes a role as a Quantitative Risk Intern at Canadian Western Bank, Graduate Teaching Assistant and Graduate Research Assistant at the University of Alberta, and various research and internship positions focusing on mathematical modeling and financial analytics. Nishant completed rigorous academic training, obtaining a Doctor of Philosophy in Mathematical Finance from the University of Alberta, a Graduate Certificate in Applied Statistics from the University of Kansas Medical Center, a Master’s degree in Mathematics from The University of Kansas, and a BS-MS in Mathematics from the Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER), Mohali. Key projects involved advanced financial modeling techniques, including pricing strategies for European options and machine learning applications in risk assessments.