Professor Kenneth Abbott recently retired from the position as America’s Chief Risk Officer at Barclays Bank. Prior to that he was Chief Operating Officer (COO) for all Firm Risk at Morgan Stanley, a position he held for over nine years.  While at Morgan Stanley he covered Commodities, Rates, FX, Retail and Emerging Markets businesses, and was CRO for Morgan Stanley’s buy-side activity.  

He also spent 14 years at Bankers Trust in a number of trading, research and risk management roles. He spent over 5 years at Bank of America in several senior Market Risk Management roles. Abbott currently sits on the Boards of the New Jersey Scholars Program, the Harvard Club of New Jersey, and CGU’s Financial Engineering Program, where he has recently been appointed as a Senior Fellow.

Ken Abbott has a Bachelor of Arts in Economics from Harvard University; a Master of Arts in Economics and Master of Science in Statistics and Operations Research from New York University.  He is an avid musician, playing clarinet, saxophone, oboe, English horn, and tuba.

Kalpana Telikepali is Managing Director at Morgan Stanley. She is a seasoned financial executive with over 25 years of experience in the industry. She has been the Managing Director at Morgan Stanley since March 2009, where she has led numerous strategic initiatives and contributed to the firm’s growth and success for over 15 years.

Prior to her tenure at Morgan Stanley, Kalpana held key positions at Merrill Lynch as a Director from September 1999 to March 2009 and at Barclays as an Associate Director from September 1997 to September 1999.

Kalpana holds a Master of Business Administration (MBA) from the University of Rochester – Simon Business School and a Master of Science (MS) in Computer Science from UC San Diego. She is based in the Greater New York City Area.