Alan Walsh Email & Phone Number

Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

• Served as Canada’s representative to the Non-Bank Monitoring Expert Group at the Financial Stability Board for 3 years; helping to draft the annual Global Monitoring Report on Non-Bank Financial Intermediation
• Led annual NBFI data collection exercise; coordinated with five domestic agencies and multiple internal departments to compile annual data submission to the Financial Stability Board
• Served as associate editor to two editions of the Financial System Review, the Bank’s flagship financial stability presentation; drafting all content on behalf of the Financial Markets Department
• Coordinated three Staff Risk Assessment presentations; a semi-annual presentation to senior management summarizing all financial system risks

Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

• Managed team of 3 to overhaul the Bank's Financial System Survey process; increased response rate by 64%, expanded the published report, and presented results to senior management
• Developed strategies for closing gaps in capital markets data; presented and implemented strategy internally
• Led 3-person team analyzing how repo markets performed during the COVID-19 pandemic; presented results to senior management

Cambridge, United Kingdom

• Departmentally appointed Teaching Fellow for 'Economic Theory and Analysis' undergraduate course
• Supervised approximately 15 students each year

Toronto, Ontario

• Served as the TSX Registered Trader for more than 50 ETFs; provided market stability and two-sided liquidity
• Designed, tested, and deployed new algorithms for faster trading and more intelligent hedging to compete against constantly increasing number of high-frequency trading firms in our market
• Developed new front office pricing and P&L tracking platform, reducing data usage by 90%, saving 2 hours of labour per day, and drastically increasing new product extensibility
• Launched nine targeted maturity bond ETFs, establishing RBC as market leader in new product class

Toronto, Ontario

• Presented sales pitch directly to executives of major Canadian telecommunications company, demonstrating how a portfolio of interest rate swaps hedged their future pension liability risk

Bala Cynwyd, Pennsylvania

• Designed alert system for abnormal trading activity, signalling for human traders to monitor automated trading systems for profit opportunities or exploitive behaviour

Toronto, Ontario

• Performed exhaustive review of total return swap risk monitoring platform; redesigned significant portions of code to make system more efficient and useable

Toronto, Ontario

• Matched equity lenders with equity borrowers, realising profit from borrowing rate spread

Doctor Of Philosophy - Phd, Economics

Activities and Societies: • Cambridge University Basketball Club (President and Full Blue) • Cambridge University Ski and Snowboard Club •.

Master Of Philosophy - Mphil, Economic Research

• Submitted dissertation: 'Intermediation and Contagion in Financial Networks'

Master Of Science - Ms, Computational Finance

Activities and Societies: • Quantitative Finance Club • Graduate Finance Association • Asset Management Club• Top ranked Quantitative.

Ba, Mathematics And Economics With Honors

Activities and Societies: • Varsity Basketball Team • SMART peer counselling group• Defended oral Honors exams in Real Analysis, Modern.