Nav Patel

Mr. Navyug A.
Patel is a Deputy Chief Investment Officer & Acting Director of Opportunistic & ARS at New York State Common Retirement Fund.
In his prior role as Director of Opportunistic and ARS, he invested in Alternative Credit, Opportunistic Investments and Absolute Return Strategies with the firm.
The Opportunistic Portfolio invests throughout the capital structure and across all asset classes in strategies that may not fall within traditional asset class definitions.
Previously, he spent over 15 years as an equity derivative sales trader at various investment banks including JP Morgan, Barclays and Jefferies.
Mr. Patel holds a master’s degree in physics from Brown University and an undergraduate degree in physics from University of Florida.