Jeffrey Bohn

Dr. Jeffrey R. Bohn is the chief research and innovation officer and head of research and engagement at the Swiss Re Institute. Most recently, he served as chief science officer and head of GX Labs at State Street Global Exchange in San Francisco. Before moving back to California, he established the portfolio analytics and valuation department within State Street Global Markets Japan in Tokyo. Dr. Bohn often conducts seminars on topics ranging from credit instrument valuation and portfolio management to machine learning. He has published widely in the area of credit risk. He co-authored with Roger Stein Active Credit Portfolio Management in Practice (Wiley, 2009). His recent research focuses on socially responsible machine intelligence, causal inference to improve machine-learning interpretability, natural-language processing to improve risk modeling, and on a range of machine-intelligence-enabled tools to assess company and urban risk plus resilience in environmental, social, and governance areas. Dr. Bohn received his MS in 1997 and PhD in 1999 in finance from UC Berkeley Haas School of Business.