Highest Academic Qualification: PhD (Economics)  Fields of specialization: Financial Stability and macroprudential policy, Financial markets, instruments and institutions, International finance, Investments and portfolio management.

Conference presentations
Konferensievoordragte

• OTC derivative markets and systemic risk. Paper presented at the “Development Perspectives – Is Africa Different?” Biennial conference of the Economic Society of South Africa (ESSA), 2005
• “Finance and financial instability: Implications for growth”. Paper presented at 5th African Finance Journal Conference, July 2008
• “Global Development of Financial Stability Frameworks”. Paper presented at 7th African Finance Journal Conference, March 2010
• “Macroprudential Policy: A Conceptual Framework”. Paper presented at the Economic Society of SA biennial conference, September 2013
• A Financial Stress Index for South Africa. Paper presented at the Economic Society of SA biennial conference, September 2015.
• An Early Warning System for Financial Stress in South Africa – A Potential Macroprudential Analytical Tool? Paper presented at the Economic Society of SA biennial conference, September 2017.
• Finding early warnings of systemic risk in the South African financial system. Paper presented at the Economic Society of SA biennial conference, September 2019.

Investments

Money and Interest Rates

Derivative markets and Instruments

Security Analysis