Dr Didier Michoud
Risk ManagementDidier has 25 years of experience in risk management and is currently the Chief Risk Officer of ADAPT Investment Managers, a $1 billion volatility hedge fund based in Geneva that recently spun off from a prominent bank. He is also a regular lecturer in the risk management programs at Imperial College London.
Prior to this, Didier held CRO or other senior risk roles in Switzerland, Canada, and the UK at Unigestion Group, EIM SA, PricewaterhouseCoopers, Laurentian Bank of Canada, Banque Cantonale de Genève, and Lloyds TSB. He has also lectured on risk management at HEC Lausanne for more than 10 years.
Didier is a long-standing member of the Global Association of Risk Professionals and holds both an MSc and a PhD in Theoretical Physics from École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL).