RECORDING: Stress Testing the Broken Rung: A Conversation with a Financial Services Leader
DIVERSITY REBOOT SERIES 2024: Empower Her
This session features a financial services industry leader who is advancing a more inclusive world for women. Hear from Freddie Mac’s Srimati Rajagopal, who leads Freddie Mac’s Dodd Frank Act stress testing, as she shares her career journey -- including the challenges and tips she learned along the way — to become an executive at a Fortune 50 company and the efforts she’s leading to #inspireinclusion.
Srimati Rajagopal

Srimati heads the governance, controls, execution, and reporting processes for the enterprise‐wide Dodd Frank Act (DFAST) Stress Testing program at Freddie Mac. As part of this, she works closely with stakeholders across the company and the regulator. Srimati is also the Chair of Freddie Mac’s Women in Network (WIN) Business Resource Group since February 2023. She is passionate about championing inclusion through innovative ways and promoting personal and professional growth for the over 1,600 members of the WIN BRG.
Srimati joined Freddie Mac in March 2007. She has 17 years of experience in finance and risk management, with expertise in Stress Testing, Firm Valuation, Capital, Cost of Capital, and Risk Appetite.