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MEET THE BOARD
DEVESH SHAH
Director and Co-Chair, SEO London
SEO New York Class of:
1995
Qualifications:
BA, Applied Mathematics & Finance, Indiana University
Professional Experience:
Co-Inventor of the VIX Volatility Index, Managing Director and Partner at Goldman Sachs & Co, Managing Director at NWI Management LLC, Youtube Channel: Understanding Personal Finance; Former Board Member of SEO New York 2010 to 2016
ANDREW FAIRBAIRN
Founder, Director and Co-Chair, SEO London
SEO New York Class of:
1995
Qualifications:
MA, International Development Policy, Stanford University
BA Economics, Stanford University
Professional Experience:
Executive Vice President at SEO USA, Founder, former CEO and co-chairman at SEO London, Senior Vice President at Citizens Bank, Managing Principal at Fairbairn Ventures, Chief Financial Officer at Fullbridge, Inc., Principal and Co-founder at JVKellyGroup, Inc., Vice President at Deutsche Bank
ZOE ASHCROFT
Director, SEO London; Founding Partner and Head of Corporate & Finance, Winston & Strawn LLP
Qualifications:
Bristol University (LLB Hons) at College of Law Guildford, Solicitor of the Supreme Court of England & Wales, Solicitor of the High Court of Hong Kong
Professional Experience:
Partner and member of the Global Executive Committee at Winston & Strawn LLP, Trustee at The Climate Group (not-for-profit), Partner and Head of Business & Finance London at Morgan, Lewis and Bockius LLP, Associate at Turner Kenneth Brown (London and Hong Kong)
AUSAF ABBAS
Director, SEO London; Managing Director, Coombe Advisors
Qualifications:
BSc Economics at London School of Economics, MSc Economics at London School of Economics
Professional Experience:
Managing Director at Coombe Advisors, Head of Sales and Marketing
at Morgan Stanley Private Wealth Management
Head of the EMEA Global Private Client group at Merrill Lynch
NISHI SOMAIYA
Director, SEO London; Partner, Goldman Sachs
SEO London Class of:
2000
Qualifications:
BA Politics, Philosophy & Economics at Oxford University, CFA
Professional Experience:
Partner and Global Co-Head of Growth Equity at Goldman Sachs
MOHIT K. AGARWAL
Director, SEO London; Structured Finance, Goldman Sachs
SEO London Class of:
2000
Qualifications:
BA & MEng Information Engineering at Cambridge University, CFA
Professional Experience:
Structured Finance at Goldman Sachs; previously at Mizuho, Deutsche Bank, UBS, JPMorgan and on the buy-side.
NAVEEN WADHERA
Director, SEO London;
Co-head of Europe Technology Group, TA Associates
Qualifications:
BSc degree in Systems Engineering from the University of Pennsylvania and an MBA degree from the University of Pennsylvania, The Wharton School of Business.
Professional Experience:
Prior to joining TA in 2001, Naveen worked in the M&A Group at Broadview International. Previously, he was a member of the Asian Special Situations Group at Goldman, Sachs & Co. and as a Senior Associate at Accretive LLC
PAMELA HUTCHINSON OBE
Director, SEO London; Global Head of Diversity and Inclusion, Bloomberg
Qualifications:
Bsc Hons Sociology with Law at Plymouth University
Post Graduate Diploma in Law at Kingston University
Post Graduate Diploma in Legal Practice at The College of Law Guildford
Professional Experience:
Chief Diversity and Inclusion Officer EMEA & APAC - Senior Vice President at Northern Trust Corporation
Director - UK Head of Diversity at Deutsche Bank
UK & European Head of Diversity at Barclays Capital
European Head of Diversity at Goldman Sachs
KOKOU AGBO-BLOUA
Director, SEO London; Managing Director, UK Head of Research and Global Head of Economics, Cross-Asset and Quant Research, Société Générale
Qualifications:
MSc in Management at HEC School
of Management Paris
Post-graduate in Finance at the Anderson School of Management UCLA
Professional Experience:
Global Head of Economics, Cross-Asset & Quant Research
at Société Générale;
Previously Portfolio Manager at Goldman Sachs
Derivatives trader at JP Morgan
Head of Engineering for Global Equity Flow (GEF) at SG CIB
KENE EJIKEME
Director, SEO London;
Head of Multi Asset Platform Sales in EMEA, Global Markets Division, Goldman Sachs
Qualifications:
MEng in Civil Engineering at Imperial College London
Professional Experience:
Head of Multi Asset Platform Sales in EMEA at Goldman Sachs;
Co-Head of High Touch execution in Equities at Goldman Sachs
Head of Global Institutional Sales EMEA at Goldman Sachs
Associate at Goldman Sachs
Analyst at Goldman Sachs
Professional rugby player for English premiership and championship