CV
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Education
- 2020-2026: Ph.D. in Finance at HEC Montréal (Montréal, QC, Canada). GPA: 4.16/4.30
- Thesis: ‘‘The Importance of Empirical Choices: Three Essays on Retail Trading and Hedging Strategies’’
- Advisors: Profs. David Ardia and Tolga Cenesizoglu
- 2016: CFA professional designation
- Passed all levels on the first attempt, charter pending upon required experience
- 2014-2016: MBA in Finance at Université Laval (Québec, QC, Canada). GPA: 3.78/4.30
- 2011-2014: Master in Business Management at ICN Business School (Nancy, France)
Research Interests
- Fields: Asset Pricing, Retail Investors, Portfolio Management
- Methods: Econometrics, Machine Learning, Large-Scale Financial Data
Academic experiences
- Since 2026-09: Assistant Professor of Finance at IESEG School of Management (Lille, France)
- Long Term Financing and Debt Securities 3674, Grande École (master level)
- Portfolio Management 3677, Grande École (master level)
- Multi-Asset Portfolio Management 3678, Grande École (master level)
- 2024-2026: Instructor at HEC Montréal (S2024, W2025, F2025 x2, W2026)
- FINA20201 Investments (bachelor level)
- 2021-2025: Teaching assistant at HEC Montréal (winter terms)
- MATH80633 Statistical Methods for Financial Data (master level)
- FINA60202 Portfolio Management (master level)
- 2015-2016: Assistant instructor at Université Laval (F2015, W2016)
- Teaching workshops for GSF6029 Financial Theory and GSF6022 Derivative Products (master level)
Industry experience
- 2017-2018: Equity Analyst at Triasima Portfolio Management Inc. (Montréal, QC, Canada)
- Investment funds with around 4B$ AuM
- Perform fundamental, quantitative, and technical research on public equities
- 2014: Trainee Auditor at KPMG Luxembourg (Luxembourg)
Conferences Presentations
- 2026: Workshop on Recent Trends and New Developments in Sustainable, Green and International Finance, Nice, France
- 2025: Financial Management Association (FMA) Annual Meeting, Doctoral Student Consortium, Vancouver, BC, Canada
- 2025: European Financial Management Association (EFMA) Annual Meeting, Athens, Greece
- 2025: Société Canadienne des Sciences Économiques (SCSE) Conference, Orford, QC, Canada
- 2024: Northern Finance Association (NFA) Annual Meeting, Montréal, QC, Canada (attendance only)
- 2024: European Financial Management Association (EFMA) Annual Meeting, Lisbon, Portugal
- 2023: Conference of the French Finance Association (AFFI), Bordeaux, France
- 2022: Quantact Summer Day (Laboratoire de mathématiques actuarielles et financières), Montréal, QC, Canada
- 2022: Société Canadienne des Sciences Économiques (SCSE) Conference, Montréal, QC, Canada
- 2022: SouthWest Finance Association (SWFA) Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA, USA
- 2022: Montréal Business Schools’ PhD Symposium, Montréal, QC, Canada
Honors & Achievements
- Jacques Bourgeois Scholarship, AlphaFixe Capital
- For the best project in market finance or risk management, with ‘‘Exploiting Multi-Design Space for Hedging Purpose: The Case of Climate Risk’’
- Esdras-Minville Award
- For the best article accepted in a peer-reviewed journal, with ‘‘Examining High-Frequency Patterns in Robinhood Users’ Trading Behavior’’
- 2025: CASCAD Best Reproduced Paper Award (AFFI Conference 2025)
- For ‘‘Examining High-Frequency Patterns in Robinhood Users’ Trading Behavior’’
- 2023-2025: Hydro-Québec Excellence Scholarship (x2)
- For outstanding PhD research related to energy and sustainable development, with ‘‘Exploiting Multi-Design Space for Hedging Purpose: The Case of Climate Risk’’
- 2024: FinTech Chair AMF-Finance Montréal Award
- For ‘‘Examining High-Frequency Patterns in Robinhood Users’ Trading Behavior’’
- 2022: Best Abstract Award, Montréal Business Schools’ PhD Symposium
- For ‘‘Examining High-Frequency Patterns in Robinhood Users’ Trading Behavior’’
- 2021: Jean-Louis Mercier Scholarship (HEC Montréal)
- For PhD students with excellent academic records
- 2021: Fin-ML Doctoral Scholarship
- For exceptional PhD students specializing in mathematical and computational finance
- 2020: Daniel-Brosseau & Peter-Letko Scholarship
- Admission scholarship for the HEC Montréal PhD program
Language & Valuable Skills
- Languages: French (native), English (fluent)
- Programming languages: Proficient in R, SAS, Python
- Other: User of Github and Visual Studio Code; Advanced knowledge of WRDS environment (CRSP, COMPUSTAT, NYSE TAQ, etc), Bloomberg, Morningstar Direct