Donald R. van Deventer

Speaker bio

Donald R. van Deventer is Managing Director and co-chair of the Center for Applied Quantitative Finance in the Risk, Fraud and Compliance division of SAS Institute Inc. Prior to the SAS acquisition of Kamakura Corporation in June, 2022, Dr. van Deventer served as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer since founding the company in April, 1990. He is the author of Advanced Financial Risk Management and three other risk management books. His most recent research (with Jens Hilscher and Robert Jarrow) was published in the Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis earlier this year. ​ Dr. van Deventer was senior vice president in the Tokyo investment banking department of Lehman Brothers from 1987 to 1990. From 1982 to 1987, Dr. van Deventer headed the funding department for First Interstate Bancorp in Los Angeles. Dr. van Deventer was a Vice President in the risk management department of Security Pacific National Bank from 1977 to 1982.​ Dr. van Deventer holds a Ph.D. in Business Economics from Harvard University. Dr. van Deventer also holds a degree in mathematics and economics from Occidental College, where he graduated second in his class, summa cum laude, and Phi Beta Kappa.