Boryana Racheva-Iotova

Senior Vice President, Senior Director of Research, Risk and Quantitative Analytics, FactSet

Dr. Boryana Racheva-Iotova is Senior Vice President, Senior Director of Research, Risk and Quantitative Analytics at FactSet. In this role, she leads FactSet’s business line for risk and quantitative solutions which includes quantitative research, product development and business strategy. She is a co-founder of FinAnalytica and the former Global Head of Risk at BISAM and has over 15 years of experience in building risk and quant portfolio management software solutions. Before founding FinAnalytica, Ms. Racheva-Iotova led the implementation of a Monte-Carlo based VaR calculation to meet the Basel II requirements at SGZ Bank, as well as the development of six patented methodologies for FinAnalytica. In 2018, she received the Risk Professional of the Year Award from Waters Technology based on her achievements building risk management software solutions and translating the latest academic advancements in practical applications to meet the needs of financial industry practitioners. Ms. Racheva-Iotova earned a Master of Science in Probability and Statistics at Sofia University and a Doctor of Science from Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich.