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Dr. Chris Strickland
Director
Ph.D. (Finance), University of Warwick
MSc. (Mathematics), University of Warwick
BA. (Pure Mathematics -First Class Honors), University of Liverpool

Chris Strickland is a co-founder and Director of Lacima Group, providing risk management consulting, software and training worldwide. He is an Associate Research Fellow at the School of Finance and Economics, University of Technology Sydney and the Financial Options Research Centre, University of Warwick.

Chris consults extensively with senior executives globally in the areas of energy risk management, strategic risk assessment, and implementation of risk systems. Previously Chris worked for RBC Gilts Ltd, and Kitcat and Aitken & Co in London.

Chris is the co-author, with Les Clewlow, of the books “Energy Derivatives Pricing and Risk Management” and "Implementing Derivatives Models" and co-editor of the book "Exotic Options: The State of the Art" and has a regular series of articles in Energy and Power Risk Management. He has a First Class Honours degree in Pure Mathematics (Liverpool), an MSc in Mathematics (Warwick) and a PhD in Finance (Warwick). Chris was recently elected to Energy Risk’s Hall of Fame.

 

Dr. Les Clewlow
Director
Ph.D. (Computer Science), University of Warwick
B.Sc. (Physics with Astrophysics - First Class Honors), Birmingham University

Les Clewlow is a co-founder and Director of Lacima Group, providing risk management consulting, software and training worldwide. He is an Associate Research Fellow at the School of Finance and Economics, University of Technology Sydney and the Financial Options Research Centre, University of Warwick.

Les has extensive global consulting experience at the senior executive level in the areas of energy risk management and the design and implementation of risk systems, as well as a proven ability for problem solving for computationally advanced problems.

Les is the co-author, with Chris Strickland, of the books “Energy Derivatives Pricing and Risk Management” and "Implementing Derivatives Models" and co-editor of the book "Exotic Options: The State of the Art" and has a regular series of articles in Energy and Power Risk Management. He has a First Class Honours degree in Physics with Astrophysics (Birmingham), and a PhD in Computer Science (Warwick). Les was recently elected to Energy Risk’s Hall of Fame.

 

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