Nastaran Bayat Patapeh is Risk Analyst at the EDHEC Infra and Private Assets Research Institute (EIPA) in London, where she supports quantitative research and analytical initiatives, leveraging financial data and statistical and econometric modelling. Nastaran holds a Master’s in Financial Management from the University of Tehran, Iran and a Master’s in Quantitative Finance from the University of Pavia, Italy. Prior to joining EIPA, she worked in the Asset & Liability Management team at Refah Bank in Iran, focusing on balance sheet risk analysis, liquidity management, and financial strategy support.