Shahyar is a capital markets professional with a 20-year track record in both sell-side and buy-side roles. He was trained as a financial engineer, graduating from Ecole des Mines de Saint-Etienne and completing a masters degree (DEA) in quantitative finance at the University Claude Bernard in Lyon. After advising banks and corporate treasuries on financial risk management issues at PwC for 2 years, Shahyar spent the last 18 years in J.P. Morgan?s Global Equities division in London, Paris, and New York, serving institutional clients in various capacities (quantitative research, trading, fund management, structuring) by taking and managing financial risks, negotiating financing agreements, and developing quantitative tools and analytics to optimize financial risk decisions. Shahyar has joined EDHEC-Risk Institute and will hold a dual role as research engineer and business developer.