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Dr John Armstrong
Reader in Financial Mathematics
Research interests
- Mathematics
Biography
John has extensive industry experience in financial computing. He co-founded Yolus, developed their industry leading risk management system and was an Executive Director in Operations Technology at Goldman Sachs. Before working in finance John was a Lecturer at Trinity College Oxford. He completed a doctorate in differential geometry at Wadham College, Oxford, under the supervision of Simon Salamon following a BA in mathematics, also at Wadham. John was promoted to Senior Lecturer in September 2017 at King's.
Research interests
- Financial mathematics
- Geometry and stochastics
- Collective pensions
Research profile
Research
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![Road runners](/newimages/road-runners.xee1a61f1.jpg?w=924&h=440&crop=780,440,72,0&f=webp)
King's Mathematician awarded £300,000 Nuffield Grant to study impactful new pension schemes
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![Money](/ImportedImages/Aboutsection/professionalservices/stu-bus-systems/money2.x0866d219.jpg?w=780&h=520&crop=780,440,0,40&f=webp)
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Please note: this event has passed.
![FEATURE Finance](/newimages/nmes/feature-images-800x430/FEATURE-Finance.x6c71ff92.jpg?w=819&h=440&crop=780,440,20,0&f=webp)
London-Paris Bachelier Workshop in Financial Mathematics
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Spotlight
Mathematical modelling to support pensions policy
Mathematical modeling informs the development of national pensions policy
![Growing income](/ImportedImages/research/legacy/misc/Money-plant.x2893abbb.jpg?w=1920&h=1357&crop=1920,1080,0,139&f=webp)