Matthew Lightwood, Ph.D, BSC (HONS), is a Director at Conning where he is responsible for product management, quantitative modeling and providing technical expertise in economic modeling to support both prospective and new clients using the GEMS^® Economic Scenario Generator. Prior to joining Conning in 2010, he was employed as a Senior Risk Consultant, where he was responsible for financial modeling as well as managing and implementing large professional services projects for financial clients. Matthew is a graduate of the University of Manchester and University College London, where he earned a BSC (HONS) in Physics with Astrophysics and a Ph.D in High Energy Particle Physics.