FRANS DE WEERT is a mathematician by training with extensive research experience in quantitative finance. After his academic career he worked as an equity derivatives trader at Barclays Capital in London and New York. In his latest role he was responsible for the Latin American trading activities in equity derivatives. He subsequently moved on to become a strategy consultant at Booz & Company for which he advised senior management in the financial services industry. Currently Frans works as a banking and insurance supervisor and as an independent financial markets trainer. Frans has published several books on options trading and the banking and insurance sector and currently lives and works in Amsterdam. For more author information please visit www.dftktrainings.com