Jigar Patel

Jigar Patel has a solid background in risk management and analysis. Jigar most recently worked as a Senior Group Risk Manager at Medical Protection Society starting in May 2023. Prior to that, they were the Head of Information Risk Strategy at the Department of Health and Social Care from November 2021 to May 2023.

Between 2018 and 2021, Jigar held various roles at the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government, including Senior Manager of Enterprise Risk Transformation and Senior Manager of Financial Risk.

Before that, they worked at the Department of International Trade as the Head of Corporate Analysis and Head of High Value Campaigns in 2018. Jigar also has experience as a Senior Underwriter at UK Export Finance from 2014 to 2017.

Jigar has worked in the financial industry as well, serving as a Wholesale Credit Account Manager at CNH Capital from 2013 to 2014, a Credit & Risk Manager at Judo Payments in 2012, and a Sr. Credit Analyst at WorldPay Inc. from 2010 to 2012.

Their early experience includes roles as a Credit Financial Analyst at Future Electronics from 2008 to 2010 and as a Credit Analyst at VFC Inc. from 2007 to 2008. Overall, Jigar has a strong background in risk management, analysis, and credit.

Jigar Patel's education history includes completing a diploma in business analysis from QA. Jigar attended QA for an unspecified period, indicating that it is unclear when they obtained the diploma. Jigar also attended Humber College from 2000 to 2003, where they pursued a degree in business. In 2021, they attended BCS, The Chartered Institute for IT, to study Information Security Management Principles and Information and Cyber Risk. Additionally, Jigar has obtained several certifications, including the Certified In Risk and Information Systems Control (CRISC) from ISACA in May 2023, the ISO/IEC 27005 Risk Manager from PECB in March 2023, and the Information Security Management Principles certification from BCS, The Chartered Institute for IT in February 2021. Jigar also holds a certification from APMG obtained from QA Ltd in January 2020.