Harsh Devpura, Principal, Product Owner, Securities Finance, OCC
Harsh Devpura is Principal, Product Owner, Securities Finance at OCC, the world’s largest equity derivatives clearing organization.
In his current role, he is Co-Chair of OCC’s Securities Lending Working Group, a team responsible for developing a set of recommended practices to support automated processing of securities lending. These efforts support collateralized securities loans and global central counterparties that clear securities lending transactions. As a product owner in securities finance who is passionate about bringing the power of transparency and data standardization to the industry, he is working on replacing OCCs current securities lending clearing system and helping with OCC’s initiative for introducing an enhanced product roadmap for its Securities Lending Programs.
Mr. Devpura joined OCC in 2016 as an analyst in business and product development where he worked directly with U.S. regulators to implement requirements for various derivative products and market segments.
Prior to joining OCC, Mr. Devpura worked in the health care sector, helping certain associations in developing and implementing enterprise risk management solutions. He also worked as an investment research manager for Tulane University while earning his master’s degree.
Mr. Devpura earned a bachelor’s degree in information science and engineering from VTU, India and an MBA in finance and international business from Tulane University A.B. Freeman School of Business.