Professor Kevin Dowd
BA (Sheffield) (1980), MA (Western Ontario) (1981), PhD (Sheffield) (1988)Professor of Financial Risk Management
E-mail: Kevin.Dowd@nottingham.ac.ukTel: +44 (0) 115 8466682
Research Interests
Pensions and insurance; financial risk measurement and management; monetary economics; political economy.
Memberships, Directorships, Fellowships & Awards
| 2007 - Ongoing | Member of the LifeMetrics Advisory Group advising on JP Morgan's LifeMetrics. | |
| 2002 - Ongoing | Director of research at Black Swann Risk Advisors in Berkeley, California | |
| 2001 - Ongoing | Trustee of the Sir John Hicks Foundation | |
| 1991 - Ongoing | Adjunct Scholar to the Cato Institute in Washington | |
| 2001 - Ongoing | Fellow of the Pensions Institute, Cass Business School | |
| 2004 - Ongoing | Member of the Academic Advisory Board, Taxpayer Alliance (London) | |
| 2001 - Ongoing | Member of the Academic Advisory Board, Open Republic Institute (Dublin) | |
| 2003 - Ongoing | Member of the Academic Advisory Board, Institute of Economic Affairs | |
| 2003 - 2006 | ESRC research fellowship on 'risk management in financial institutions' (worth £242k). This was rated as 'Outstanding'. | |
| 2006 - 2006 | "Living with Mortality: Longevity Bonds and Other Mortality-Linked Securities". (D. Blake, A. J. G. Cairns and K. Dowd) British Actuarial Journal, Volume 12, 2006, pp. 153-197. This paper won the This paper won the Faculty of Actuaries in Scotland Prize for the best paper in the 2005-2006 session, and was cited as "highly commended" by the Institute of Actuaries of England and Wales. | |
| 1991 - 2000 | Member of the Academic Advisory Councils to: Libertarian Alliance (London) | |
| 1991 - 2000 | Mebmer of the Academic Advisory Council, FOREST (London) |
