Our Experts

Uwe Wystup is managing director of MathFinance AG, Professor of Financial Option Price Modeling and Foreign Exchange Derivatives at University of Antwerp and Honorary Professor of Quantitative Finance at Frankfurt School of Finance & Management, Public Expert on Currency and Interest Rate Management at the Chamber of Commerce and judge at the financial court and judge at the commercial court in Germany. Before, he has actively worked in FX derivatives trading as Financial Engineer, Global Structured Risk Manager and Advisor since 1992, including Citibank, UBS, Sal. Oppenheim and Commerzbank. He is a member of the FOREX board at Allied European Financial Markets Association. He is one of the few hybrids in the world working in the intersection of the derivates market and academic research. Uwe earned his PhD in mathematical finance from Carnegie Mellon University.  

His first book Foreign Exchange Risk was published in 2002, quickly became the market standard and has also been translated into Mandarin. His second book FX and Structured Products appeared in 2006, its 2nd edition in 2017. Many of his papers appeared in scientific journals. Uwe writes the FX Column in Wilmott magazine. 

Dr. Beata Lubinska is a financial engineer with over 20 years of practical experience gained in international financial institutions such as GE Capital, Deloitte and Standard Chartered Bank based in Milan and London. 

Beata’s background is strongly focused on Interest Rate Risk in the Banking Book (“IRRBB”), Balance Sheet Management, Funds Transfer Pricing (FTP) and behavioural modelling for banks asset liability management purposes. She spent most of her career managing IRRBB and FTP for a number of financial institutions.

Currently she leads the Treasury department at Allica Bank in London. In her previous position she was a Head of the Market and Liquidity Risk Department in MeDirect Group in London with the main focus on IRRBB, Market Risk and Balance Sheet Management. Beata is also a member of the BTRM Faculty founded by Professor Moorad Choudhry in London.


Beata holds a PhD in Finance from Wroclaw University of Economics. Her research publications have enjoyed strong reviews by academics and industry practitioners.

Beata is an author of the book “Asset Liability Management Optimization – A practitioner’s guide to balance sheet management and remodelling” published by Wiley & Sons Ltd in London and “Interest Rate Risk in the Banking Book: A best Practice Guide to management and hedging”.

In addition, Beata is actively providing training for professionals from the banking industry in the UK, US, Middle East and Asia.

Her main areas of specialization include: Funds Transfer Pricing, Interest Rate Risk in the Banking Book, Asset Liability Management and Balance Sheet management through FTP and optimization.

Simon started work in quantitative finance in 1992. Since then, he has extensive experience of running quantitative research teams in Europe, North America and Asia. He has worked for a diverse set of investment banks including Barclays, Commerzbank and Morgan Stanley.

During his financial career Simon has had responsibility for analytics development, model control, and the design and implementation of risk management systems.

Simon now works as a consultant and trainer. He has advised a range of banks and banking regulators on issues including derivative valuation, risk management, best practices in risk control and calculating market risk capital.

Richard started his career in 1988 in the Derivatives Product Group (DPG) at Morgan Stanley, which he joined after three years of post-grad research in theoretical particle physics. He spent three years at MS as a fixed income and rates structurer before moving to a similar role at Deutsche Bank in London. In 1993 Richard joined General Re Financial Products, a newly-formed AAA boutique that soon established itself as one of the world’s leading derivatives dealers.

At GRFP Richard initially ran the structuring desk, before becoming the London-time trader for the USD swaps and options and FX exotics books, and finishing as global head of structuring.

After a brief stint at Dresdner, in 2006 Richard moved sideways into the world of consulting and expert training. Through his company FYVR Consulting he trains around the world on most areas of derivatives, with a particular emphasis on interest rates. His clients have included many of the world’s leading financial institutions, in all the major financial centres in Europe, North America, the Middle East and Asia. 

Rupesh Tailor is a consultant to banks in areas including Asset Liability Management and capital and liquidity management and stress testing (both ICAAP and ILAAP) with 25 years' experience, having worked for Goldman Sachs, Barclays, Bank of America Merrill Lynch, Morgan Stanley and Nordea.  

Rupesh additionally consults for funds (traditional, hedge funds and distressed debt funds) on their credit investing across high yield and distressed debt markets, offering deep dive research on high yield and distressed companies. 

Rupesh's clients include two Global Systemically Important Banks (GSIBs), a wide range of other banks and many of the largest hedge funds and distressed debt funds globally. 

Rupesh received a MA in Economics from Cambridge University and achieved First Class Honours.

Mike started his financial career at Price Waterhouse (now PwC), auditing banks’ derivatives books and advising the Financial Services team on clients’ derivatives usage. 

He then moved to Barclays Capital, where he was responsible for Sales & Trading education.

After four years at Barclays Capital, Mike moved to Deutsche Bank, where he was Global Head of Financial Product Training at the Corporate & Investment Bank from 2001 to 2021, responsible for designing and implementing financial education strategy across all staff levels, including heading up the global graduate training team responsible for the markets, corporate finance, and transactions banking programs with up to 550 new graduates per year. 

He was also responsible for delivering financial training for Deutsche Bank’s clients as part of the Corporate & Investment Bank marketing effort – including corporate treasurers, asset managers, hedge funds, central banks, sovereign wealth funds and ministries of finance.



Mike also specialised in one-to-one consultative training on finance and derivatives for members of the Deutsche Bank Management Board and Supervisory Board.

Mike has a degree in Banking and Finance (B.A Hons), a PhD in Monetary Economics, is the author of two finance textbooks, and used to be an examiner for the Association of Corporate Treasurers. He teaches a finance elective on the Masters in Finance at Cambridge University’s Judge Business School. Mike has a flair and enthusiasm for teaching derivatives and asset management to diverse groups, from interns to graduates to managing directors and CEO’s. 

Maxime is a multifaceted professional whose career is driven by an insatiable thirst for discoveries and challenges. He embarked on his professional journey as an Equity Derivatives Structurer, where he discovered his passion for structured products.

During the rest of his career, Maxime has accumulated extensive experience in the field of derivatives and structured products, including developing proprietary indices and using derivatives to manage linear and non-linear risks for insurance companies and corporate clients.

In addition to his professional background, Maxime has maintained a passion for teaching and coaching. This dual focus on professional practice and education naturally led to the recent founding of Derivatives Academy, a company that blends learning, training and recruitment in the Derivatives space.

Maxime earned his Master in Finance from the Catholic University of Louvain and his specialised Master in Financial Engineering at the University of York.
His ebook “The Derivatives Academy” became a reference on equity structured products. The interconnections between his ebook and his exotic options pricers allow anyone to gain semi- practical knowledge within a fantastic pedagogical approach.

Every participants to Maxime’s training get access to Derivatives Academy’s collaborative learning platform.

Jean-Luc Verhelst is the author of the book Bitcoin, the Blockchain and Beyond (2017) and a renowned public speaker, trainer and advisor on blockchain. He teaches at multiple universities and training centers in Europe and the Middle East and advises corporates on their blockchain journey through workshops and advisory.

Prior to his current position, he worked several years as a strategy consultant and became the blockchain leader for Deloitte Belgium after having spent several months at Deloitte’s EMEA Blockchain Lab. He worked for numerous clients in Europe, managed the development of blockchain solutions, and delivered internal trainings in EMEA and the USA.

He also co-founded blockchain communities, was selected by the European Commission as a member of the EU Blockchain Observatory and Forum and won the world’s largest blockchain hackathon of 2016. His master thesis on Bitcoin received the award for best financial thesis of 2014 in Belgium.

Jean-Luc holds academic degrees in IT and business. Most importantly, Jean-Luc has a real passion for blockchains and how they will shape our future.

Prof. Roy Ling is a Professional Board Director. Concurrently, he is also the Industrial Chair in Finance at VinUniversity, an Academic Program Director at SMU Academy and the CEO & Founder of FollowTrade.

Prof. Ling is a seasoned veteran with more than 20 years in investment banking with JPMorgan, Lehman Brothers, Goldman Sachs and Salomon Smith Barney. His expertise is in digital finance, sustainable investing and Asia real estate, and he had completed some of the highest-profile advisory and capital market transactions in the region. Prof. Ling is also a distinguished board director with more than 16 years of corporate governance experience across Asia. He was honored as the Real Estate Executive of the Year 2016 by Singapore Business Review, and as one of 20 Rising Stars in Real Estate 2008 by Institutional Investor.

Prof. Ling graduated from INSEAD with a Global EMBA and from the National University of Singapore with a BBA (Hons).

Salomon Sebbag is a highly accomplished financial markets professional with over three decades of expertise in interest rate derivatives trading, risk management, and emerging markets strategy.

He spent 27 years at JPMorgan, rising to Managing Director and leading major trading operations in London and Istanbul. During his tenure, he played a critical role in navigating both stable and crisis periods, trading a wide range of products, including FX spot & forwards, FRAs, IRS, OIS, basis swaps, cross-currency swaps, and bonds. He later took on leadership roles managing Turkey trading operations and serving as Head of EM FX Forwards Trading for EMEA, where he guided high-performing teams and drove significant market growth. Salomon also led weekly EM risk meetings at JPMorgan, ensuring effective risk management across the firm's emerging markets activities.

His trading expertise delivered outstanding results, including a personal record of $75 million in annual revenues during his best year at JPMorgan, with minimal drawdowns over his 30-year career. After JPMorgan, Salomon joined Morgan Stanley as a Senior Trader and Advisor, contributing to the firm’s emerging markets expansion with his strategic insights and disciplined approach.

Beyond trading, Salomon is a passionate educator, currently lecturing on Financial Markets at Cambridge Business School, Université Paris-Dauphine, and ESCP, the latter ranked among the world's best Master's in Finance programs.

He holds an engineering and computer science degree from École Centrale Paris and a finance degree from Université Paris-Dauphine. As a multilingual finance leader fluent in French, English, Hebrew, Spanish, and Arabic, he brings a truly global perspective to both trading and education.

With a legacy of market leadership, strategic innovation, and knowledge-sharing, Salomon Sebbag continues to shape the future of financial markets and inspire the next generation of finance professionals.