David is an IVADO professor in the Department of Decision Sciences at HEC Montréal. Trained in quantitative methods for finance, he has have a keen interest in asset allocation, risk management, and text-mining. In 2018, the Swiss Risk Association awarded him “Swiss risk manager of the year”. He is a regular member at GERAD, Quantact, and Fin-ML, an associate researcher at OBVIA, and an instructor at DataCamp. When he is not coding, he plays a foodie in downtown Montréal.