Pierre Brugière is currently Associate Professor at University Paris 9 Dauphine. Previously he spent 19 years working in investment banking in London, in international banks, and 4 years in Paris in an arbitrage bank. During his career in finance he has been responsible for quant groups in fixed income, asset management and equity derivatives. In addition, in his role working for corporate equity derivatives businesses, he has been involved in structuring marketing and executing very large and strategic transactions for large companies and institutions, mainly in Europe, but also in Emerging Markets.