William Cooper

Head of Risk & Compliance at Novo Holdings

Speaker

William Cooper leads Novo Holdings’ global Risk & Compliance function, shaping its strategic direction and ensuring full alignment with the firm’s objectives and priorities.

Before joining Novo Holdings, William was Head of Risk at SEB Denmark, where he strengthened the bank’s risk framework, advanced its stress testing and capital adequacy programs, and fostered a strong risk culture across the organization.

Earlier in his career, he held both buy- and sell-side roles, including trader at a leading hedge fund and quantitative analyst at a tier-one investment bank, focusing on financial modelling and analytics to enhance risk insight and decision-making.

William holds a BSc in Mathematics and Economics from the London School of Economics and an MSc in Mathematics from the University of Copenhagen, and has completed executive programs at IMD Lausanne.