Andria van der Merwe

Andria van der Merwe is a Senior Economist at Compass Lexecon where she specializes in financial economics applied to such issues as solvency analysis, valuation and damages, financial distress and financial crisis related litigation, and regulatory proceedings. She also has experience in quantitative finance and economic analysis applied to litigation, tax, and regulatory matters. Before joining Compass Lexecon in 2009, she was Director, Portfolio Management and Strategy, at the Federal Home Loan Bank of Chicago. She holds a PhD in Electrical Engineering from The Ohio State University, with concentrations in signal processing and applied mathematics. She is the holder of two US patents and has published numerous research papers in internationally renowned journals. She is an Adjunct Professor at Illinois Institute of Technology where she teaches graduate courses in Interest Rate and Credit Derivative Modeling.