contact
david.shimko@gmail.com

biography
David holds a PhD in finance from Northwestern University. He has taught finance at the Kellogg Graduate School of Management at Northwestern University, the Marshall School of Business at the University of Southern California, the Harvard Business School and the Courant Institute at New York University.

His professional career included managing Commodity Derivatives Research and Risk Management Research at JPMorgan, managing client Risk Management Advisory services at Bankers Trust, and co-founding Risk Capital, an independent risk advisory firm sold to Towers Perrin in 2006.

As a consultant, David advised senior management in energy, banking, insurance and mining firms on all matters related to risk management policy, strategy and tactics.  His publications address risk policy and governance, risk measurement and management, focusing particularly in the areas of commodities and credit.

Currently, David sits on the Board of Trustees of the Global Association of Risk Professionals and two commercial boards of directors. He acts as an independent financial consultant and runs Asset Deployment LLC, a startup financial services venture.

curriculum vitae
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fields of expertise
Risk policy and governance
Corporate financial risk management
Credit risk management
Commodity risk management
Derivatives valuation and validation
Contract structuring
Valuation of risky assets
Risk-based performance (RAROC)
Expert witness testimony