Francois-Serge Lhabitant, Ph.D., is currently the Chief Investment Officer of Kedge Capital. He was formerly a Member of Senior Management at Union Bancaire Privée, where he was in charge of quantitative risk management and subsequently, of the quantitative research for alternative portfolios. Prior to this, Francois-Serge was a Director at UBS/Global Asset Management, in charge of building quantitative models for portfolio management and hedge funds.

On the academic side, Francois-Serge is currently a Professor of Finance at the University of Lausanne (Switzerland) and at the EDHEC Business School (France). He was formerly a visiting professor at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, held the Deloitte & Touch Chair on Risk Management at the University of Antwerp (Belgium), and was an associate professor of finance at Thunderbird, the American Graduate School of International Management.

Francois’ specialist skills are in the areas of quantitative portfolio management, alternative investments (hedge funds) and emerging markets. He is the author of several books on these subjects, including the best sellers “Hedge Funds: Myths and Limits”, “Hedge Funds: Quantitative Insights”, and “The Handbook of Hedge Funds”. Francois has also published numerous research and scientific popularisation articles. He is a member of the Scientific Council of the Autorité des Marches Financiers, the French regulatory body. He can be reached at f@lhabitant.net.