REIDAR is a Professor of Petroleum Investment and Decision Analysis at the University of Stavanger, Norway where he specialises in uncertainty assessment, risk management, investment analysis, decision sciences, and market based valuation. He is also chief scientist at IRIS – International Research Institute of Stavanger.

Prior to joining the University of Stavanger, Reidar has worked at the University of Adelaide, Landmark Graphics (Vice President responsible for Landmark’s solutions in reservoir management, production and drilling and then Landmark’s solutions in decision analysis, economic evaluation and business modelling), Smedvig Technologies Software Solutions (now Roxar), ODIN Reservoir Software and Services, IBM (working on high-performance reservoir simulation) and at Statoil as a reservoir engineer. Reidar’s early working years were spent as a roughneck in the North Sea and as a seaman in the Norwegian merchant marine.

He has provided consulting and professional development services for companies such as ExxonMobil, Shell, BP, Unocal, Petronas, Saudi Aramco, Norsk Hydro, Mærsk, RAG, Statoil, DONG, as well as the Society of Petroleum Engineers.

Reidar sits on the Stanford University Petroleum Investment Committee and the board of an oil company and an IT company. Twice an SPE Distinguished Lecturer ( “Uncertainty Assessment and Risk Management in Exploration & Production” and “Would You Know a Good Decision if You Saw One?”) he’s also published papers on topics such as investment modelling, decision-making, stochastic reservoir modelling, fuzzy logic and reservoir management. Reidar is co-author of “Decision-Making and Uncertainty Management”, published by the Society of Petroleum Engineers in 2009.

Reidar holds a PhD in petroleum engineering and an MSc in mathematics from Stanford University, an MSc in petroleum engineering from the University of Tulsa, a BSc from University of Stavanger, and executive education from INSEAD (International Executive Program), Stanford’s Graduate School of Business and department of Management Sciences and Engineering, and the MIT Sloan School of Management. Reidar is an elected member of the Norwegian Academy of Technological Sciences.

BVint provides Advanced Valuations with stochastic risk assessments based on macro economy, market, strategy, technology, operative and financial variables. We identify and measure both external and internal risk-value drivers using @Risk Palisade and advance probabilistic analysis. We are not only able to measure unsystematic or diversifiable risks (represented by beta) but also non-diversifiable risks (systematic risk) involved in the business. BVint’s DCF at risk methodology is able to show the flow of the business detailing the impact of each driver and the final value at risk (rNPV, VaR and VaR based on NAV volatility).

BVint was founded in 2012 as a response to the financial crisis partly driven by the lack of accurate risk assessment in valuation practices. Traditional valuations are static (or non-stochastic) and therefore they are far from reflecting reality and not able to show the business flow and risks. Today, all industry stakeholders increasingly view a proper measurement of private equity risks as necessary. As a consequence, BVint developed more accurate and sophisticated valuation models to fully understand and correctly quantify the risks present in illiquid asset class investments.

BVint was founded in London by a team of Valuation experts coming from Private Equity, Investment Banking and/or Top Tier Consultancy firms and with more than 20 years in the profession. Today, BVint has clients and partners in more than 30 countries and our international experience combined with our regional presence give us a global view of the local industry. We offer independence, experience, focus and sector expertise.

Model Supply Chains provides specialist consultancy in strategic supply chain design.  We help to generate shareholder value for our clients by applying consulting, analytical and modelling expertise to inform a robust end-to-end supply chain strategy. 

Our principal consultant, Anthony Kahn, has over 30 years of professional experience in the fields of statistics and supply chain strategic planning.  He has a Masters degree in Statistics, complemented by the Stanford University Diploma for Decision Quality in Organizations.  He has applied @RISK in the context of numerous supply chain design, restructuring and capital investment projects, evaluating the impact of uncertainty in input parameters on both financial metrics and greenhouse gas emissions.  He has also developed and rolled out training in the principles of decision making under uncertainty and in the application of @RISK.

Anthony Kahn
Principal Consultant
Model Supply Chains Ltd.
127A Milner Road
Wirral
CH60 5RX
UNITED KINGDOM

+44 (0)7402 992313
01420 89819
anthony@modelsupplychains.com
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Risk Dynamics Consultancy is based in Istanbul, Turkey. RDC provides professional risk modeling and management consulting services for both local and global organizations in all industries. Their primary expertise lies in identifying uncertainty in business models, quantifying these risks, and incorporating them into tools to guide decision makers. RDC develops stochastic modeling solutions based on the powerful combination of spreadsheets with @RISK and the DecisionTools Suite.

RDC gives customized training for @RISK and the DecisionTools Suite throughout the EMEA region. In addition to consultancy, RDC provides support to organizations wishing to develop their own risk management team, delivering expert risk management training at a variety of levels.

The founding partners have nearly 10 combined years working with Palisade products. Their formal education and training includes multiple MBAs, PMP (project management professional) and FRM (financial risk manager) certifications, and a PhD. Industries in which they have worked include finance, energy, oil & gas, insurance, and telecommunications. RDC principals have delivered training workshops, presented case studies at risk conferences, and published original academic work using Palisade’s tools.

Risk Dynamics Consultancy aims to be your partner for modelling risk and uncertainty in your business.

Our expertise in quantitative risk assessment provides appropriate methods to estimate uncertainties in cost estimates, budgets and other financial projections.

Performance indicators and dashboards built from @RISK, are an excellent method to monitor operational aspects.

Fields of application
Project management in the fields of engineering and construction, Infrastructure, Civil, Urban or IT. Telecom Consolidation of a portfolio of projects.

Investment analysis : Comparative risk analysis and investment optimization.

Optimization applications.

Training and consulting.

Bruno Berroyer – Risk Manager
PragmaRisk
56, rue de Piètre
59249 Aubers
FRANCE

Transae is an economic transport consultancy company, based in France, which specialises in economic audits, quality control, risk assessment and risk management for transportation projects.

In relation to risk analysis, Transae's field of expertise is in the calculation of statistical, economic, and mathematical scenarios, including: contract choosing (Private / PFI versus Public), Budget risks (Capital Expenditure, Operating Expenditure), Revenue risks (dependent on traffic), Inflation risks, and Planning risks (delays).

Transae's clients include various infrastructure builders and owners such as Réseau Ferré de France (responsible for French railways), motorway companies and local authorities, and their projects encompass both freight and passenger transportation.

Transae
Ing. Jean-Eric MORAIN
4, rue Grobon
69001 Lyon
FRANCE