Dr. Paul Wilmott is internationally renowned as a leading expert on quantitative finance. His research work is extensive, with more than 100 articles in leading mathematical and finance journals, as well as several internationally acclaimed books on mathematical modeling and derivatives, including the best-selling Paul Wilmott On Quantitative Finance, published by John Wiley & Sons.

Paul has extensive consulting experience in quantitative finance with leading US and European financial institutions. He has founded a volatility arbitrage hedge fund and a university degree course. Paul has lectured at all levels, to students and to practitioners.

Aaron Brown is a columnist for Bloomberg and Wilmott Magazine, and teaches at New York University, University of California at San Diego and New Mexico State University. He worked for 35 years on Wall Street as a trader, portfolio manager, head of mortgage securities and risk manager for firms including Morgan Stanley and AQR Capital Management. He is the author of The Poker Face of Wall Street, Red-Blooded Risk, Financial Risk Management for Dummies and A World of Chance (with Reuven and Gabrielle Brenner). He won the 2011 Risk Manager of the Year award from the Global Association of Risk Professionals. He was a top professional poker player in the 1970s and 80s, and continues active poker, sports betting and other gambling activities. He splits his time between Manhattan, New Mexico and Coronado Island. He has degrees from Harvard (Applied Math) and the University of Chicago (Finance and Statistics). He has been actively involved in crypto trading, venture capital and start-ups since 2011.

Dr. Randeep Gug is the Managing Director of the CQF Institute and the Certificate in Quantitative Finance (CQF). Prior to joining Fitch Learning, Randeep worked in a variety of roles. He spent five years working in the Equities division at Salomon Smith Barney and later traded futures and options on the Indian National Stock Exchange (NSE). More recently he has spent time teaching mathematics at all levels. He is a qualified teacher, holds a 1st class honours degree and a PhD for research in semiconductor physics. He is a CQF Alumnus, achieving a distinction on the programme and his current interests are based around improving and promoting the teaching and learning of Quant Finance.