Fabio Mercurio: Global Head of Quant Analytics, Bloomberg L.P.

Fabio is global head of Quantitative Analytics at Bloomberg LP, New York. His team is responsible for the research on and implementation of cross-asset analytics for derivatives pricing, XVA valuations and credit and risk management. Fabio is also adjunct professor at NYU. He has jointly authored the book ‘Interest rate models: theory and practice’ and published extensively in books and international journals, including 16 cutting-edge articles in Risk Magazine. Fabio holds a BSc in Applied Mathematics from the University of Padua, Italy, and a PhD in Mathematical Finance from the Erasmus University of Rotterdam, The Netherlands.

Marc Henrard: Managing Partner muRisQ Advisory and Visiting Professor, University College London

Over the last 20 years, Marc has worked in various areas of quantitative finance. Marc’s career includes Head of Quantitative Research at OpenGamma, Global Head of Interest Rate Modeling for Dexia Group, Head of Quantitative Research and Deputy Head of Interest Rate Trading at the Bank for International Settlements (BIS) and Deputy Head of Treasury Risk also at BIS.

Marc’s research focuses on interest rate modeling and risk management. More recently he focused his attention to market infrastructure (CCP and bilateral margin, exchange traded product design, regulatory costs). He publishes on a regular basis in international finance journals, and is a frequent speaker at academic and practitioner conferences. He recently authored two books: The multi-curve framework: foundation, evolution, implementation and Algorithmic Differentiation in Finance Explained.

Marc holds a PhD in Mathematics from the University of Louvain, Belgium. He has been research scientist and university lecturer in Belgium, Italy, Chile and the United Kingdom.

Navin Rauniar: Advisory Partner focusing on LIBOR, ESG, Climate Risk & TCFD, HSBC

Navin is a Risk Director with 17 years’ experience in advising the sell side on the delivery of prudential regulation such as IBOR Transition, FRTB, IRRBB, Basel III, CRR 2 and CRD V. Navin is currently leading the IBOR workstream for a Tier One bank.

Prior to this, he worked as a Senior Manager at a leading global advisory firm, where he led the analysis of the impact of the IBOR Transition on financial institutions. Additionally, Navin has spent 15 years in the industry working in global run-the-bank and change-the-bank roles for Credit Suisse, RBS, Commerzbank and JP Morgan across Front Office, Risk and Operations.

Navin is a steering committee member of the Professional Risk Managers Association where he represents the Risk Management industry on regulatory initiatives, mentoring of capital markets professionals, and a frequent speaker at banking & thought leadership events.

Sasha Polishchuk: Director, Product Control Regulatory Initiatives, RBC

With 20 years of Experience in Capital Markets, Sasha spent 8 years in RBC’s valuation function covering wide range of financial products including interest rate derivatives. Most recently he has been involved with RBC’s enterprise-wide IBOR transition program as a part of his Regulatory Initiatives responsibilities within Middle Office. His prior experience included 10 years with mortgage securitization group of a leading private US mortgage lender.

Andrea Macrina: Professor of Mathematics, University College London (UCL)

Andrea Macrina is Professor of Mathematics and the Director of the Financial Mathematics MSc Programme in the Department of Mathematics, University College London. His current research programme includes projects in climate finance, the development of quantile processes with applications in insurance and finance, and stochastic interpolation. Dr Macrina is Adjunct Professor at the University of Cape Town in the African Institute of Financial Markets and Risk Management where in 2014 he co-founded the Financial Mathematics Team Challenge (FMTC). Andrea is a recipient of the Fields Research Fellowship awarded by The Fields Institute for Research in Mathematical Sciences. He holds a PhD in Mathematics from King’s College, University of London, and an MSc in Physics from the University of Bern, Switzerland. Personal website: https://amacrina.wixsite.com/macrina

Dmitry Pugachevsky: Director, Research, Quantifi

Dr Dmitry Pugachevsky is responsible for managing Quantifi’s global research efforts. Prior to joining Quantifi in 2011, Dmitry was Managing Director and a head of Counterparty Credit Modeling at JP Morgan. Before starting with JPMorgan in 2008, Dmitry was Global Head of Credit Analytics at Bear Stearns for seven years. Prior to that, he worked for eight years with the analytics groups of Bankers Trust and Deutsche Bank. Dmitry received his PhD in applied mathematics from Carnegie Mellon University. He is a frequent speaker at industry conferences and has published several papers and book chapters on modeling counterparty credit risk and pricing derivatives instruments.