Validus Risk Management
Hyung Jin Kim, Ph. D. is a Financial Software Engineer at Validus Risk Management since May 2023, with previous experience as a Software Engineer at Verily and as a Junior Software Engineer Algorithms at Comparative. A former Research Fellow at Perimeter Institute, Hyung Jin developed and published data analytics and numerical methods in physics and quantum theories while also serving as a Graduate Researcher at the University of Waterloo. Additional roles include Graduate Teaching Assistant and Research Assistant, where methodologies in unsupervised learning were applied to analyze galaxy clusters. Hyung Jin's military service as a Sergeant in the Republic of Korea Army involved successful convoy missions during Operation Enduring Freedom. Educational qualifications include a PhD and Master's in Applied Mathematics from the University of Waterloo, complemented by a Bachelor's in Theoretical and Mathematical Physics from McGill University.
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Validus Risk Management
Validus Risk Management is an independent market risk advisory firm specialising in the management of currency, interest rate and commodity price risk. We help our clients navigate and manage financial risk with a hands-on advisory approach and award-winning technology solutions. Our systematic financial risk management methodology has been designed to increase risk transparency, create customised risk management solutions, and facilitate the efficient execution of hedging transactions by minimising information asymmetry between clients and banking counterparties. The Validus Risk Management advisory service gives our clients access to the latest risk management technology and independent expertise at a fraction of the cost of an in-house financial risk management function. Validus works with a range of companies across the globe, from SMEs to multinational corporations, as well as pension funds and leading alternative investments funds (Private Equity, Secondaries, Private Debt, Real Estate). We act as an extension to more than 100 clients globally and execute more than 3,000 trades every month (>$330bn in hedging volume annually).