Sheldon Allen

Bio

Sheldon Allen is a technical expert for hedge funds at Citi, where he also manages in-business quality assurance and credit counterparty risk. Overall, he has more than 20 years of industry experience at organizations including UBS and JPMorgan Chase.

Education

• MSc, Financial Engineering – Columbia University – New York, USA – 2022
• MA, German Literature – Columbia University – New York, USA – 2022

Employment

• Citi – In-Business Quality Assurance, Credit Counterparty Risk, Technical Expert for Hedge Funds – New York, USA – 2023 to present
• WorldQuant University, Instructor – New York, USA – 2021 to present
• Nomura, Credit Risk Management – New York, USA – 2023
• UBS, Credit Risk Officer – New York, USA – 2014-2018
• UBS, Risk Manager – New York, USA – 2008-2014
• UBS, Senior Business Analyst/Product Development Manager – New York, USA – 2006-2007
• JPMorgan Chase, MBS Bond Analyst – New York, USA – 2005-2006
• JPMorgan Chase, Product Analyst – New York, USA – 2005-2006
• JPMorgan Chase, Credit/Risk Analyst – New York, USA – 2004-2005
• NYU School of Professional Studies – Instructor – New York, USA – 2003

WQU Courses

• Portfolio Management
• Risk Management

Fun Fact

Before launching his career as a credit risk manager and technical expert, Sheldon Allen studied German literature.

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