Sample Consultant Biographies

Consultant One

Is a risk analyst, model developer and trainer. For a number of years, he has lived and worked in emerging markets and has traveled extensively over 6 continents. He regularly trains finance executives to use quantitative tools in straightforward and effective ways for making managerial decisions. He also collaborates extensively with practitioners in fine-tuning models for the emerging market landscape.

He earned his PhD and MA in economics from Princeton University and his Bachelor’s degree in economics and mathematics from Northwestern University; he also holds the financial risk management certification (FRM) from the Global Association of Risk Professionals.

Prior to co-founding his consultancy, he developed and taught executive finance courses in the MBA program at the Hong Kong University of Science & Technology (HKUST). Before coming to Asia, he worked for the New York Federal Reserve, providing quantitative credit risk modeling expertise. He also worked with the Federal Reserve Board of Governors.

Specialist Subjects:

• All forms of Financial Risk: Market, Credit and Operational Risk
• Financial Derivatives and Engineering
• Quantitative Risk Modelling and Measurement
• Valuation (including Real Options)
• Basel II Compliance

Consultant Two

Is the Managing Director of a specialist trading, risk management and regulatory consultancy whose clients include many of the world’s largest investment banks and hedge funds.

He was formerly Executive Director (Head of Arbitrage) and prior to that Director (Head of Equity and Commodity Derivatives) at Mitsubishi Finance International (now Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi). Before moving to Mitsubishi he was Head of Equity Derivative Trading at Nomura International and a Senior Equity Derivatives Trader at Paribas Capital Markets. He began his career in the City in the mid 1980s as a fixed income quantitative analyst and structured products specialist at Baring Brothers & Co., Limited. He has been a trader and manager of risk businesses for much of this time.

In addition to his extensive market practitioner experience He has been a senior financial regulator including Head of Traded Risk at the Financial Services Authority (FSA) and Assistant Director - Head of Market Risk at the Securities and Futures Authority (SFA). This has provided him with a unique insight in to the control, regulation and modeling of financial risk across the whole spectrum of financial institutions both in the UK and the rest of the world.

He has also authored a number of articles / books on mathematical and structured finance including contributions to Over The Rainbow (Risk Magazine), The Handbook Of Risk Management (Wiley) and work on handbooks and professional examinations for GARP and PRMIA. He is also a member of the advisory council to New York University Courant Institute Masters Program in Mathematics in Finance. He holds advanced degrees in theoretical physics from the Universities of Durham and Oxford.

Specialist Subjects:

• Credit Derivatives and Structured Credit Products
• Convertible Bond Arbitrage
• Equity Derivatives
• Structured Finance
• Equity and Debt Capital Markets
• Alternative Investment