Dr. Akkizidis, Ioannis S.
Ioannis is a Senior Financial Risk Analyst with
IRIS Integrated Risk Management AG, Zurich,
Switzerland from 2005. His work is focused on
financial institutions.
Prior to this, Ioannis has worked in London and
Stockholm as a Strategic Business & Risk
Analyst. He has also worked with the National
Technical University of Athens as a researcher
in multi-factorial data, data mining, knowledge
Risk Knowledge Network, Inc.
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extraction and management, decision systems applied in financial
systems.
Ioannis has authored numerous articles. He is also the main author of the
best seller and reference material in GARP's FRM Study Guide book titled
‘Integrating Market, Credit and Operational Risk: A Complete Guide for
Bankers & Risk Professionals’ (Risk Books ’07); and also the books titled
‘Financial Risk Management for Islamic Banking & Finance’ (Palgrave ’08);
and ‘Guide to Optimal Operational Risk & Basel II’ (Taylor&Francis ’06). A
new book ‘Unified Financial Analysis, the Missing Links of Finance’ (Wiley,
end ’08) will be part of a University of Zürich masters program. He speaks
at leading seminars and conferences in Europe including by GARP. He is a
member of the advisory committee for GAPR for the International Certificate
in Risk Management for Islamic Financial Institutions. He is a member of
both GARP and PRMIA.
Ioannis holds a Bachelors Degree (BEng) in Electrical/Electronic &
Computer Engineering from the U. of Athens, a Master of Science (MSc) in
Control Technology from the U. of Portsmouth and a PhD in Applied
Mathematics & Artificial Intelligence from the U. of Wales.
