David Shimko graduated from West Geauga in 1978. He earned a BA in
Economics and a PhD in finance from Northwestern University. He has taught
finance at the Kellogg Graduate School of Management at
Northwestern University, the Marshall School of Business at the University
of Southern California, the Harvard Business School and the Courant
Institute at New York University. His professional career included managing
Commodity Derivatives Research and Risk Management Research at JPMorgan,
managing client Risk Management Advisory services at Bankers Trust, and
co-founding Risk Capital, an independent risk advisory firm sold to Towers
Perrin in 2006.

As a consultant, David has advised senior management globally in energy,
banking, insurance and mining firms on all matters related to risk
management policy, strategy and tactics. His publications address risk
policy and governance, risk measurement and management, focusing
particularly in the areas of commodities and credit. Currently, David sits
on the Board of Trustees of the Global Association of Risk Professionals and
two commercial boards of directors. He now acts as an independent financial
consultant in Manhattan.