He graduated from the University of Westminster (known as Polytechnic of Central London at the time) with a First class degree in economics.

In 2008, he completed a PhD in financial economics at Birkbeck, University of London.

[1] Choudhry is visiting professor at the Department of Economics, London Metropolitan University, a visiting research fellow at the ICMA Centre, University of Reading, a senior fellow at the Centre for Mathematical Trading and Finance, Cass Business School, a fellow of the Securities and Investment Institute and a fellow of the Institute of Sales and Marketing Management.

Prior to that he was a vice-president in structured finance services sales and marketing at JPMorgan Chase Bank, a sterling proprietary trader in the Treasury division at Hambros Bank Limited, and a Gilt-Edged Market Maker and money markets trader at ABN Amro Hoare Govett Limited.

[2] Choudhry is author of numerous books, some of which have been translated into Chinese and Japanese: