Email: meena@statslab.cam.ac.uk
| Sex: | Female |
| Date of Birth: | 21 January 1973 |
| Nationality: | British |
| May '07 - Present: | GLG Partners LP, London, UK. Asset Manager Working on Risk and Portfolio Management for various products. |
| Jun '05 - Apr '07: | Russell Investment Group, London, UK. Capital Markets Research Working with the Hedge fund and European Equity team on quantitative projects. Main topics covered include forecating factors which affect active equity returns and structured products. |
| Mar '99 - May '05: | Atlas Capital Limited, London, UK. Research Analyst My main responsibility was in developing and improving the asset allocation and portfolio management of Atlas products. I was also responsible for the development of coherent estimation of risk for alternative strategies. Over the course of six years, I have researched Long/Short Equity Funds (mainly US), Emerging Markets, Risk Arbitrage, Statistical Arbitrage, Systematic Fundamental Equity Market Neutral Styles. (Atlas Capital Limited was called ARC, Atlas Research & Consultancy Ltd. prior to 11th September 2000). |
| Oct '95 - Dec '98: | Statistical Laboratory, University of Cambridge, UK. Doctorate of Philosophy. Main area of interest: Stochastic and Non-stochastic optimization. Thesis on ``Pricing in communication networks'' with special interest in Broadband networks, including the Internet and ATM. (Submitted Dissertation: Dec '98, Examined: Mar '99, Degree awarded: Jul '99). |
| Oct '94 - Jun '95: | Pembroke College, University of Cambridge, UK. Certificate of Advanced Study in Mathematics (Distinction). Major Courses: Operations research, Statistics, Financial Models. |
| Oct '93 - Mar '94: | Annamalai University, Chidambaram, India. Completed examinations in Algebra, Analysis and Geometry as a part of the MSc (Mathematics) degree by correspondence. |
| Jun '90 - Mar '93: | Ethiraj College, University of Madras, India. BSc in Mathematics (Graduated Top of the Class). Major Courses: Operations research, Statistics, Algebra. |
| Oct '00 - Present: | Statistical Laboratory, University of Cambridge External Supervisor for MPhil in Statistics Students. Since Sep '06, member of external steering committee of the MPhil in Statistics course, Statistical Laboratory. Responsiblity includes providing thesis project and guidance during the project. | ||||||
| Oct '95 - Jun '99: | Department of Pure Mathematics & Mathematical Statistics and Computer Laboratory, University of Cambridge. Tutor for final year undergraduate students. Subjects taught: Algorithms & Networks, Discrete Mathematics, Markov Chains, Optimization and Statistics. Jul '96- Sep '96: | Global Risk Advisory Group, | Paribas Capital Markets, London. Research Assistant. Apr '96 - Jul '96: | Development Office, Pembroke College, Cambridge. | Data File Maintenance. Jun '95 - Jul '95: | Department of Applied Mathematics & Theoretical Physics, | University of Cambridge. Secretarial Work. |