Prof Pavel Shevchenko is a world renowned expert in the area of quantitative risk. He is a Professor in the Department of Actuarial Studies and Business Analytics at Macquarie University. Prior to joining Macquarie University in August 2016, he worked at CSIRO Australia (1999-2016) holding the position of a Senior Principal Research Scientist (2012-2016). Since 1999, Prof Shevchenko has worked in the area of financial risk, leading research and industry commercial projects on: modelling of operational and credit risks; longevity and mortality, retirement products; option pricing; insurance; modelling commodities and foreign exchange; and the development of relevant numerical methods and software. He received a MSc from the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology in 1994 and a PhD from the University of New South Wales in 1999. He is currently associate editor of international journals (RISKS and Journal of Operational Risk) and member of the Retirement Incomes Working Group in the Institute of Actuaries of Australia. Prof Shevchenko has published extensively in academic journals, consulted for major financial institutions, and is a frequent presenter at industry and academic conferences.His publication records include one research monograph, two co-authored research monographs, over 60 journal papers, and over 80 technical reports.

GoogleScholar profile: http://scholar.google.com.au/citations?user=fizvQI4AAAAJ&hl=en&oi=ao

In Macquarie University, Prof Shevchenko is also

• Director, Risk Analytics Lab (since 2016) www.mq.edu.au/research/risk-lab 
• Co-Director, Centre for Financial Risk (since 2017) www.mq.edu.au/research/centre-for-risk-analytics