The Firm
About Windover
Founded by a capital markets executive with deep buy and sell side expertise across mortgages, specialty finance, and portfolio management.
Founder & Principal
Idriss Maoui
Capital Markets Executive
LinkedInIdriss Maoui is a capital markets executive with buy and sell side quantitative expertise in mortgages, specialty finance, and portfolio management.
He was previously EVP, Head of Financial Engineering at loanDepot for six years, guiding the firm's quantitative capabilities through its IPO. Prior to that, he served as Senior VP at PIMCO for eight years.
He founded Windover, LLC Consulting to apply this expertise in providing consulting services to asset managers, private equity, hedge funds, banks, fintech and specialty finance companies, mortgage originators, and government.
He has extensive experience in mortgage and MBS valuation including data science, prepay/default modeling, structured finance, and risk management.
Education
Ph.D. in Operations Research & Master of Science
Georgia Institute of Technology
Engineering Diploma in Applied Mathematics
École Nationale de Techniques Avancées, Paris, France
Experience
Areas of Expertise
Mortgage & MBS Valuation
Extensive experience in mortgage and MBS valuation including prepay/default modeling, structured finance, data science, and risk management.
Asset Management
Eight years at PIMCO applying quantitative methods to portfolio management and fixed income strategy at one of the world's largest asset managers.
Financial Engineering
Six years as EVP, Head of Financial Engineering at loanDepot, guiding the firm's quantitative capabilities through its public market debut.
Specialty Finance
Deep buy and sell side expertise across mortgage origination, specialty finance companies, and structured credit.