Industry
Expert Lectures In Finance
The module is taught exclusively by leading industry experts.
This module will give students a unique opportunity to appreciate the latest
developments and issues faced by leading practitioners in the areas of
quantitative finance and risk management. The contents of the lectures are
detailed and rigorous; some lectures may require hands on laboratory sessions.
On completion students will have a rounded knowledge and
appreciation of the current issues facing the international finance industry.
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The programme of Guest Speakers for 2010-11 was as
follows:
|
Date
|
Guest Lecturer |
Company
|
Position
|
Topic
|
Lecture Title
|
|
21 January 2011 (Week 16)
|
David Norman |
Trader
Training
|
Director
|
Trading |
Expert Trading Strategies in Today's Complex
Markets
|
|
28 January 2011
(Week 17)
|
Shane Lamont |
HSBC
|
Global Head Risk
IT
|
IT Systems |
Key Principles for Project, Career and Beyond
|
|
04 February 2011
(Week 18)
|
John Laidlow |
HSBC
|
Global Head
Sustainable Business
|
Sustainable Finance |
Sustainability at HSBC
|
|
11 February 2011
(Week 19)
|
Paul Hamalainen |
FSA/EBS
|
Policy Dept. FSA
|
Financial Regulation |
Market Risk Management and Regulation
|
|
18 February
2011(Week 20)
|
Angelo De Pol |
Credit Suisse
|
Head of Risk
Management Europe
|
Hedge Funds |
Hedge Funds and Hedge Fund Derivatives
|
Guest Speaker profiles:
David Norman
David Norman has been involved in trading and financial markets technology
for over 20 years. He has traded and overseen corporate trading operations in a
variety of stock and derivatives markets, provides consultancy, seminar and
coursework in the field of market technology to exchanges, global trading houses
and investment banks, and has taught graduate classes in market technology for
three years in Chicago. He is the author of four books on trading and market
technology, Trading at the Speed of Light (Paradym, 2001), Professional
Electronic Trading (John Wiley & Sons, 2002) Trader DNA (Paradym, 2006) and The
Virtual Trader (Paradym 2007). Formerly the Director of Market Technology at
Illinois Institute of Technology, IIT he now works in London as a financial
markets consultant for Office for Market Technology, Ltd., is the Director of
The Trader Training Company and is an Honorary Lecturer at the Centre for
Computational Finance at the University of Essex.
Shane Lamont
Shane Lamont joined HSBC in 2004, following 8 years in
Deutsche Bank in a number of IT roles within Market Risk
Management. In September 2004, he was appointed Head of Market
Risk IT and in September 2005 he was appointed Head of Risk IT,
including Market and Credit Risk for Global Markets. In February
2007, he took up responsibility for the Global Development for
Market and Credit Risk IT. In March 2009, he was appointed
Program Director for the New Risk Engine and Global Head of
Credit Risk IT.
John Laidlow
John joined HSBC in 1984 with a degree in Banking and Finance
from Loughborough University. He has worked for HSBC in a wide variety of roles in the
UK and the US including Credit Card Project Manager, Commercial
Banking Manager, Retail Branch Manager, Global Relationship
Manager for the insurance sector and Senior Credit Manager for
hedge funds, derivatives and leveraged finance. His current role
has two connected parts. Firstly, he is responsible for the management of
environmental and social impacts arising from the Group's
client-facing businesses. This encompasses policy development and implementation in
sensitive sectors such as forestry, mining, and energy/climate
change as well as managing the Group's commitment to the Equator
Principles, an initiative ensuring that large projects financed
by the banking sector are developed responsibly. Secondly, he is responsible for developing business
strategies to support HSBC's commitment to sustainability. This includes opportunities in customer groups, global
businesses and global products relating to renewable energy,
energy efficiency and climate change.
Paul Hamalainen
Paul Hamalainen is a senior Lecturer in Finance at the Essex
Business School specialising in banking and banking regulation.
He is currently on secondment at the UK Financial Services
Authority, in the Market Risk team of the Prudential Policy
Division. Paul's role is primarily to negotiate and secure
international and European agreement on the forthcoming market
risk regulations and to implement the final EU Directive on
market risk regulation (known as Capital Requirements Directive
3 – CRD3) in the UK. Paul has a PhD in Financial Economics from
Loughborough University where he was also a Lecturer for seven
years. Prior to working in academia, Paul qualified as a
Chartered Accountant with Arthur Andersen in London. Paul was
based in the Financial Markets Division where he provided audit
and financial regulation services to clients. This included
being part of the team that investigated the collapse of Barings
Bank.
Angelo De Pol
Angelo De Pol is a
Director in the Market Risk Management group in
the Risk Measurement department at Credit Suisse
based in London. The Market Risk Management
group is an independent risk management
function responsible for assessing market risk
and recommending risk controls where
appropriate. Angelo has 14 years experience
in derivatives markets (primarily in risk
management) and is a Chartered Management
Accountant. His product experience has focused
primarily on Interest Rate, Foreign Exchange,
Hedge Funds and their derivatives.