Priyank Sharma

Priyank Sharma is an experienced finance and quantitative research professional with a strong background in algorithmic trading and risk management. Currently serving as the Regional Research Director and Vice President of Research at WorldQuant since August 2014, Priyank is responsible for developing, backtesting, and implementing trading algorithms. Prior roles include Manager Treasury at ICICI Bank, with a focus on structuring and sales of FX and interest rate derivatives, and an internship at Deutsche Bank in FX structuring, where modeling and hedging strategies were developed. Earlier experience includes a position as a Circuit Design Engineer at Intel Corporation and a research internship at the University of Melbourne, resulting in a published research paper. Priyank holds an MBA in Finance and Strategy from the Indian Institute of Management, Kozhikode, and a B.Tech in Electrical Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur.