Jörg Kienitz is Director, Assurance FSI at Deloitte Germany, where he is responsible for business development, team management, pricing models research and risk management practices of the unit. Previously, he was Head of Quantitative Analytics at Deutsche Postbank AG where he was involved in developing and implementing models for pricing complex derivatives structures and for asset allocation. He also lectures at university level on advanced financial modelling and implementation at the University of Oxford's part-time Masters of Finance course. Jörg works as an independent consultant for model development and validation as well as giving seminars for finance professionals. He is a speaker at a number of major financial conferences including Global Derivatives, WBS Fixed Income and RISK. Jörg is the member of the editorial board of International Review of Applied Financial Issues and Economics and holds a Ph.D. in stochastic analysis from the University of Bielefeld.