Nilesh Panandikar

Nilesh Panandikar is a seasoned finance professional with over 15 years of experience in various roles within the financial services industry. Currently serving as Vice President at Hilltop Securities Inc., Nilesh specializes in Agency MBS securitization and trading. Prior to this position, Nilesh held the role of Vice President at Bank of America Merrill Lynch, focusing on Public Finance and Funding Valuation Adjustment trading desks. Nilesh also worked as a Risk Analyst at Och-Ziff Capital Management, where the emphasis was on analyzing P&L and risk exposures. Nilesh's career began as an MBA Summer Associate at Merrill Lynch and includes a significant tenure at Oracle Corporation as a Principal Applications Engineer. Nilesh holds an MBA in Quantitative Finance from NYU Stern School of Business, along with an MS in Aerospace Engineering from the University of Maryland and a BTech in Aerospace Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay.