Kanwardeep Ahluwalia is Head of Global Markets Risk (EMEA) and Deputy Chief Risk Officer (EMEA), based in London. In addition, Kanwardeep serves as the risk management representative on the Conduct Risk Council in the region.

Kanwardeep joined Bank of America Merrill Lynch from Swiss Re where he was the Group Head of Financial Risk Management (FRM), which included the role of CRO for Asset Management, as well as serving as the Reinsurance CRO for EMEA. Prior to that, he worked at Bear Stearns where he had a number of positions leading to the roles of CRO for Europe & Asia and Global Head of Market Risk. This was preceded by a period working in regulation for the UK’s former Securities & Futures Authority.

Kanwardeep holds a degree in Physics from Oxford University and a Ph.D in Theoretical Physics from Cambridge University.