1990-1993 : Ph..D. degree in finance, HEC, Jouy-en-Josas. Thesis title : « Volatility and Extreme Movements in Equity Markets ».
1987-1990 : title of Ingénieur de l'Ecole Nationale des Ponts et Chaussées, Paris.
1989-1990 : postgraduate degree in probability theory (Diplôme d'études approfondies ou DEA), Department of probability, University Pierre and Marie Curie, Paris.
1987-1989 : bachelor degree and master in mathematics at the University Pierre and Marie Curie, Paris. Teaching degree in mathematics (Agrégation de mathématiques).
1985-1987 : intensive courses in mathematics and physics to prepare competitive exams (Classes préparatoires aux Grandes Ecoles).
2003-present : consultant in risk management and wealth management for financial institutions.
1999-2003 : managing director of the Department of Research and Innovation at HSBC CCF bank.
1994-present : professor of finance at ESSEC. Courses taught in the MBA, executive MBA and master programs : corporate finance, bank management, and treasury and risk management. Research interests : wealth management, risk management and extreme events in finance.
1993-1994 : post doctoral stay at the London Business School.
1992-1993 : visiting scholar in the Finance Department at New York University.
1990-1991 : research assistant at HEC, Jouy-en-Josas.
1990-1991 : lecturer in mathematics at the University Pierre and Marie Curie, Paris.
January 1990 - July 1990 : financial engineer at CCF bank, Paris : study and tests of yield curve models and application to the evaluation of bond option prices. Essay : « Discrete and continuous models of the term structure of interest rates ».
Summer 1989 : financial engineer at the Crédit du Nord bank, Paris : participation in the making of a model of interest risk management at the balance sheet level.
