“For the best return on your money, pour your purse into your head.”
Benjamin Franklin
About Gamma Advisory Services
Gamma Advisory Services (GaDs) over the last seven years has focused on services for financial market participants, regulators and software firms. The programs and services have been delivered at all levels and in leading firms. More than 14,000 man-hours of programs have been delivered.
The firm consist of the principal, support staff, extensive resources in terms of reference materials, publications, and software.
Pravin Shirnamé, the principal, formerly was a Senior Vice-President, Credit & Market Risk, with leadership positions in the risk & risk analytics function at HDFC Bank based in India, with an outstanding global comparative (read links). He had a leading role in the set up of the risk function at the bank over 15 years, as part of the core team since pre-inception in 1994.
Spent three decades working in financial services and other businesses. He has extensive experience in leading & implementing credit, market risk and other risk controls in the banking business.
He has extensive domain knowledge and experience in trading policy, evaluating pricing models, risk control methodologies, market risk analysis, ALM analysis and controls, evaluating product-counterparty risk, retail scoring and portfolio management, stress testing, validation for pricing and risk aggregates, risk system design, testing, and post implementation controls.
He has led several initiatives in the area of treasury, risk analytics, and training. He has engaged with the Board of Directors, Board Committees, regulators, SROs, domestic and international rating agencies, banker audiences from the Far-east, South-Asia and the Middle-east, academic institutions including the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) and Indian Institute of Management (IIM) among others, and leading global software houses.
Academic Background
~MBA from the University of North Carolina-USA. Graduated Magna Cum Laude
~MBA from the University of Puné-India
~M.Sc from M.S. University of Baroda, India
~B.Sc from the University of Puné-India
Professional Certifications
~FRM charter holder-GARP (2004)
~Investment Company Products & Uniform Securities Agent State Law (Series 6 & 63) NASD, US. (1993)
~Life, Accident and Health Agent Certification-by North Carolina (USA) Dept. of Insurance (1993-94)
~Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice-Michigan, USA (1994)
The firm consist of the principal, support staff, extensive resources in terms of reference materials, publications, and software.
Pravin Shirnamé, the principal, formerly was a Senior Vice-President, Credit & Market Risk, with leadership positions in the risk & risk analytics function at HDFC Bank based in India, with an outstanding global comparative (read links). He had a leading role in the set up of the risk function at the bank over 15 years, as part of the core team since pre-inception in 1994.
Spent three decades working in financial services and other businesses. He has extensive experience in leading & implementing credit, market risk and other risk controls in the banking business.
He has extensive domain knowledge and experience in trading policy, evaluating pricing models, risk control methodologies, market risk analysis, ALM analysis and controls, evaluating product-counterparty risk, retail scoring and portfolio management, stress testing, validation for pricing and risk aggregates, risk system design, testing, and post implementation controls.
He has led several initiatives in the area of treasury, risk analytics, and training. He has engaged with the Board of Directors, Board Committees, regulators, SROs, domestic and international rating agencies, banker audiences from the Far-east, South-Asia and the Middle-east, academic institutions including the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) and Indian Institute of Management (IIM) among others, and leading global software houses.
Academic Background
~MBA from the University of North Carolina-USA. Graduated Magna Cum Laude
~MBA from the University of Puné-India
~M.Sc from M.S. University of Baroda, India
~B.Sc from the University of Puné-India
Professional Certifications
~FRM charter holder-GARP (2004)
~Investment Company Products & Uniform Securities Agent State Law (Series 6 & 63) NASD, US. (1993)
~Life, Accident and Health Agent Certification-by North Carolina (USA) Dept. of Insurance (1993-94)
~Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice-Michigan, USA (1994)