Johan Walden

Johan Walden is a tenured Professor of Finance at the Haas School of Business, University of California, Berkeley, where he holds the Mitsubishi Bank Chair in International Business and Finance and serves as a Distinguished Teaching Fellow. He specializes in risk analysis, financial markets, and insurance, with expertise in portfolio diversification and regulatory frameworks. Walden teaches MBA, MFE, and executive education courses in finance, asset pricing, and financial engineering, and has held visiting scholar positions at NYU Stern, UCLA, Oxford University, and INSEAD.

Education:

• PhD, Financial Economics, Yale University
• MA, Financial Economics, Yale University
• Docent, Applied Mathematics, Uppsala University
• PhD, Applied Mathematics, Uppsala University
• MS, Business Studies and Economics, Uppsala University
• MS, Engineering Physics, Uppsala University
• BA, History, Uppsala University

Research Focus: Walden's research spans asset pricing, investment strategies, financial modeling techniques, heavy-tailed risk distributions, and network effects in capital markets. His work addresses critical issues in financial stability and regulatory efficiency.

Awards and Honors:

• Mitsubishi Bank Chair in International Business and Finance
• Distinguished Teaching Fellow at Berkeley Haas
• Over 20 additional honors, grants, and fellowships throughout his career

Professional Engagement: He consults on complex corporate litigation and regulatory programs, including expert testimony for the Congressional Oversight Panel (2009). Prior to academia, he was a management consultant at McKinsey & Company, specializing in telecommunications and financial institutions.