Ralph Debbas

Managing Director, North America

Ralph was appointed as the head of North America in November 2020. His responsibility is to expand First Derivative’s footprint clients and services in both the US and Canada. Ralph has been working in NY and London for the past 20 years focusing on financial services delivering the next generation of data, business and technology solutions evolution for clients across banking, asset management and insurance.

Ralph holds a degree in technology and in finance. He spent the first half of his career in the hedge fund industry and investment management specializing in all aspects of trading and risk management as well as operations. Ralph has also spent a few years in advisory working for the top-tier strategy and advisory firms.