Matt Davison is a Canadian mathematician and university professor. He is a currently serving as Professor at the Departments of Statistical & Actuarial Science[1] and Mathematics,[2] Dean of the Faculty of Science[3] at Western University. Davison is also the Director of Canada's Financial Wellness lab.[4]
Education
After graduating from the University of Toronto with a Bachelor of Applied Science in Engineering Science (1991), Davison attended Western University where he earned a M.Sc (1993) and Ph.D. in Applied Mathematics (1995).
Career and work
Before entering academia, Davison worked as Assistant Vice President of Equity Arbitrage at Deutsche Bank Canada from 1997 to 1999.[5] Prior to this role, he was a postdoctoral research fellow at the Physiology Institute of the University of Bern, Switzerland, from 1995 to 1997.[5]
Since joining Western University in 1999,[5] Davison has focused his research in the field of quantitative finance. His significant contributions to the field include authoring Quantitative Finance: A Simulation-Based Introduction Using Excel in 2014,[6] 9 book chapters, and publishing over 80 papers.[7] Davison has 23 PhD students graduated from his research group, and 4 PhD students in current progress.[5]
Davison held a Tier 2 Canada Research Chair in Quantitative Finance from 2006 to 2016.[8][9] In 2015, he was named a Fellow of the Fields Institute for Research in the Mathematical Sciences,[10] further recognizing his impact in the academic community. Davison's research has been well funded by MITACS,[11] NSERC[12] and private sector partners throughout his academic career.
Davison was Chair of the Department of Statistical & Actuarial Sciences from 2014 to 2017 and Acting Chair of the Applied Math Department from 2015 - 2017.[13] From 2017 to 2018, he served as the founding director of Western's School of Mathematical & Statistical Sciences,[14] which was designed to enhance collaborative research and education.[15] That same year, he was appointed Dean of the Faculty of Science,[16] a role he continues to fulfill.[3]
In addition to his university duties, Davison has served the broader academic community. His roles included President of The Canadian Applied and Industrial Mathematics Society[17] from 2017 to 2019[18] and a board member of the Fields Institute for Research in the Mathematical Sciences from 2018 to 2021 [19] and of the Institute for Catastrophic Loss Reduction[20] since 2018.[21]
In 2021, Davison co-founded Canada's Financial Wellness lab,[4][22] which he now leads. This multi-university,[23] multi-stakeholder[24] initiative focuses on developing quantitative finance and data analytics solutions that will enable Canadian households to enhance their financial resilience.[25] The lab is a collaboration of several universities,[23] including Wilfrid Laurier University, York University, the University of British Columbia, and the University of Winnipeg, along with industry partners[24] including Coast Capital, Libro Credit Union, National Payroll Institute, Ceridian, Aligned Capital Partners (CI Financial), and Environics Analytics, to broaden its impact and reach.
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