Important new appointment
Before his appointment, Prof Shevchenko was a research scientist at CSIRO Australia where he had been since 1999. From 2012 he had held the position of a Senior Principal Research Scientist.
At the CSIRO, Pavel worked in the area of financial risk, leading research and industry commercial projects on modelling of operational and credit risks, longevity and mortality, retirement products, option pricing, insurance, modelling commodities and foreign exchange, and the development of relevant numerical methods and software. He received a MSc from Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology in 1994 and a PhD from The University of New South Wales in 1999.
Pavel is currently an Adjunct Professor at the University of NSW, adjunct Professor at University of Technology Sydney, and Honorary Senior Research Associate in University College London. He is also associate editorof international journals (RISKS and Journal of Operational Risk) and member of a retirement incomes working group at the Institute of Actuaries of Australia. He has published extensively in academic journals, consults for major financial institutions and is a frequent presenter at industry and academic conferences. His publication records include one research monograph, two co-authored research monographs, more than 60 journal papers and over 80 technical reports.