Richard Kendrick

Course Date:
January 2003
Previous Qualification:
MSc in Mechanical Engineering, Cardiff University, UK
Current Position:
Vice President, Market Risk Management, Goldman Sachs

“The CQF was the perfect way to expand my quantitative finance knowledge whilst maintaining a demanding full time job. Classes were professionally managed and presented. Both the full time lecturers and guest speakers were insightful and genuinely passionate about what they taught. The mix of personalities meant that each class provided a great mix of the mathematics and intuition behind the complex models actually used in industry to price derivative transactions. By sitting the course I have been able to assume more responsibility in my current role simply because experts in quantitative financial modeling are a sort after commodity.

I would urge anyone thinking of developing their understanding of modelling and the pricing of exotic financial instruments to consider the CQF. The quality of teaching and flexibility of a one night a week schedule make it an attractive alternative to full time post-grad courses."