Navyug (Nav) Patel is currently the Deputy CIO of the New York State Common Retirement Fund and the Acting Director of the Opportunistic/ARS portfolio. He joined the Fund in the summer of 2015 as a Senior Investment Officer. Prior to becoming Deputy CIO he was the Director of Opportunistic and ARS for the Fund. The Opportunistic Portfolio invests throughout the capital structure and across all asset classes in strategies that may not fall within traditional asset class definitions; the Absolute Return Portfolio invests in Hedge Funds. Previously Nav spent over a decade as an equity derivative sales trader at various investment banks including JP Morgan, Barclays and Jefferies. Nav holds a Ma