Amundi has appointed Navik Patel as Head of Directional Strategies, Senior Analyst at Amundi Alternative Investments, based in the firm’s London office.
Patel has 15 years financial service experience including 11 years Hedge Fund industry experience as both an Analyst and Portfolio Manager. Before joining Amundi AI, Navik worked for five years within Alternative Investments at Aberdeen Asset Management in New York, Philadelphia and London, most recently as Senior Investment Manager. Prior to this, Patel worked as Portfolio Manager/ Senior Analyst at RBS Asset Management from 2004. He moved to New York in 2008 to establish a presence for RBS Asset Management and was responsible for the research of US based managers across all strategies. Navik started his career in 1999 Coutts & Co, first as Valuation analyst / Head of Valuations and then, in 2002, as Analyst.
Patel holds a bachelor’s degree in Architecture, Planning, Building and Environmental Studies from The Bartlett, University College, London.
