Professor Moorad Choudhry
BTRM Designer and Founder
Professor Moorad Choudhry is an independent non-executive director at SBUK Limited, in London; he was latterly Treasurer, Corporate Banking Division at The Royal Bank of Scotland. He began his City career at the London Stock Exchange in 1989.
Moorad is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute for Securities & Investment, a Fellow of the London Institute of Banking and Finance, a Fellow of the Global Association of Risk Professionals, and a Liveryman of The Worshipful Company of International Bankers. He is author of The Principles of Banking (John Wiley & Sons 2012, 2023).
Moorad was born in Bangladesh and lives in Surrey, England.
Dr Polina Bardaeva
Polina has 20 years of experience in treasury and bank balance sheet steering. She was responsible for ALM/Treasury in banks’ subsidiaries and head-offices, on emerging and developed markets, state-owned and private banks (with focus on capital steering, M&A and FTP). She has a PhD from Moscow State University and is holder of the FRM designation. Dr. Bardaeva was a Head of Masters program at MSU, has authored more than 25 publications, including a book ALM best practice, 2021.
