Issouf Soumaré

Dr. Issouf Soumaré is currently Associate Professor of Finance and Managing Director of the Laboratory for Financial Engineering at Laval University in Canada. He is also responsible for the MBA & MSc Finance and MSc Financial Engineering programs at the same university. His research and teaching interests included risk management, financial engineering and numerical methods in finance. His theoretical and applied financial economic works haves been published in leading international economics and finance journals. He also regularly provides advisory services and capacity building seminars as consultant for public and private administrations.

Dr. Soumaré holds a PhD in Business Administration in Finance from the University of British Columbia in Canada, MSc in Financial Engineering from Laval University in Canada, MSc in Statistics and Quantitative Economics (Ingénieur Statisticien Économiste) from ENSEA and MSc and BSc in Applied Mathematics from the National University of Côte d’Ivoire. Dr. SOUMARÉ is also certified PRM (Professional Risk Manager) and FRM (Financial Risk Manager).