About the Research Center
The GARP Research Center is great resource for the risk management community. It serves as the driving force for practitioner-oriented research by illuminating future trends and opportunities, supporting and conducting research, and sharing these activities with the risk management community.
Research Center Staff
Christopher Donohue, Ph.D., Managing Director
chris.donohue@garp.com
Dr. Christopher Donohue heads the GARP Research Center and the GARP Digital Library and is a member of the FRM committee. He is responsible for managing the GARP Digital Library, developing new resources for GARP including risk management courses, and conducting and supporting research in financial risk management topics.
Previously, Chris was a Partner at a hedge fund where he was responsible for the development of asset allocation tools for pension funds and automated trading systems. Prior to that, Chris was a Director in the Global Research Center at Deutsche Asset Management where he led product research and development in the areas of asset liability management, asset allocation and consumption optimization for endowments and optimal portfolio management with transaction costs. He also previously worked as the Director of Optimization Technology at Alphatech, a leading-edge technology and research defense contractor, where he led algorithm development for intelligence aircraft path planning and sensor scheduling systems.
Dr. Donohue has published several articles on portfolio management and optimization. He has a BA from Hamilton College in Mathematics and a PhD from the University of Michigan in Operations Research.
Recep Bildik, Ph.D., Senior Researcher
recep.bildik@garp.com
Dr. Recep Bildik is currently working as a Senior Researcher at the Global Association of Risk Professionals, a leading professional’s organization on risk management in U.S. Previously, Dr. Bildik was the Assistant Director at the Istanbul Stock Exchange (ISE) where he played a pivotal role in establishing the ISE's first computerized trading system, making regulations on market microstructure of equity market, managing market operations, and developing new products.
He also taught at the Graduate School of Business, Koc University, Turkey as an Associate Professor of Finance. He was a visiting scholar at the Graduate School of Business, University of Chicago and in the Finance Department, DePaul University previously. Dr. Bildik has published numerous articles on capital market in both local and international journals. He serves as an active member in professional boards and committees of numerous international academic journals.
Dr. Bildik holds a PhD and MSc. in Finance from the Business School of Istanbul University, as well as a B.Sc. in Economics. In addition, he holds a Masters degree from the Public Administration program at the Kennedy School of Government of Harvard University as a Kokkalis Fellow.
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Peter Went, Ph.D., CFA®, Senior Researcher
peter.went@garp.com
Dr. Peter Went is a Senior Researcher at the GARP Research Center, where he is developing risk management courses and other new resources for GARP, and conducting and supporting research in financial risk management topics.
Previously, he was an assistant professor of finance at Bucknell University in Lewisburg, PA. Peter has also taught at the University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE, and the Graduate School of Business at the Central European University in Budapest, Hungary. Prior to that, Peter worked as an investment analyst for a Nordic boutique investment firm. Peter is a member of the board of both a publicly traded bank and a widely held technology company.
Peter has published several articles in finance journals. He holds a PhD in Finance from the University of Nebraska, an M.Sc in Economics from the Stockholm School of Economics, an LL.M from the Stockholm University School of Law, and is a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA®).
