Business Risk and Simulation Modelling in Practice: Using Excel, VBA and @RISK

About the Author

Michael Rees has a Doctorate in Mathematical Modelling and Numerical Algorithms, and a BA with First Class Honours in Mathematics, both from Oxford University. He has an MBA with Distinction from INSEAD in France. In addition, he studied for the Wilmott Certificate of Quantitative Finance, where he graduated in first place for course work and also received the Wilmott Award for the highest final exam mark.

Since 2002, he has worked as an independent expert in financial modelling, risk modelling and quantitative decision support, providing training, model building and advisory services to a wide range of corporations, consulting firms, private equity businesses and training companies. As part of his activities as an independent consultant, Michael worked closely with Palisade Corporation, the developers of the @RISK software, for which he is one of the world's most experienced instructors, having taught several thousand people in this area.

Prior to becoming independent, Michael was employed at J.P. Morgan, where he conducted valuation and research work, and prior to that he was a partner with strategy consultants Mercer Management Consulting (now Oliver Wyman), both in London, UK, and Munich, Germany. His earlier career was spent at Braxton Associates (a strategy consulting firm that became part of Deloitte and Touche), where he worked in London and as a founding member of the start-up team in Munich.

Michael is a dual UK/Canadian citizen. He is fluent in French ...