Giuseppe Orlando is Full Professor at the HSE University (Russia) and fellow at the Department of Mathematics (DM) of the University of Bari (Italy). He does research in Economics, Finance, Actuarial Science and Econometrics in which he obtained the "Bruno De Finetti" Award in Mathematics Applied to Economics. His current projects are on Nonlinear Dynamics in Economics, Natural Catastrophes (NatCat) Modeling and Interest Rates Forecasting. He was also Senior Risk Manager, Risk Consultant, Chief Risk Officer and Head of Risk and Quantitative Research for financial institutions such as Allianz, ING, HSBC, State Street, etc.