Farhad Malik is an experienced financial technology leader currently serving as the Head of Risk, Middle and Back Office IT Quant Development at Brevan Howard since July 2023. Previously, in a role as Head Of Quantitative Development at CirdanCapital, Farhad provided strategic leadership in developing quant trading applications. Farhad has also held significant positions at renowned institutions including Credit Suisse as a Front Office Architect and Senior Developer, and Mizuho Financial Group as a Senior Software Developer, where expertise in architecting advanced risk management systems was demonstrated. Farhad's career also includes consultancy work at INTELLECT CONSULTING LIMITED and technical consulting at IMGROUP, showcasing a robust background in quantitative development and risk management across various financial sectors. Farhad holds a first-class MSCi degree in Computer Science from King's College London.