Matt Davison works at the intersection of quantitative finance and operations research. His particular interests are computational finance, incomplete market theory, and energy finance. He holds a Canada Research Chair in quantitative finance.

Davison’s academic background is in engineering and math, and he learned a lot of finance on the job as a front office desk quant at Deutsche Bank Canada in the late 1990s. He continues to consult with industry, and serves on the academic advisory board of Mapleridge Capital Corporation.