| Name | Dr. Arash Soleimani Dahaj |
| School | School of Business |
| Program | - Bachelor of Commerce (Honours) - Financial Services
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| Academic and professional designations | - PhD in Management Sciences, University of Waterloo
- MSc in Applied Mathematics (Quantitative Finance), Wilfrid Laurier University
- MBA (Entrepreneurship), University of Tehran
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| Title | Professor |
| Courses taught | - Accounting and Financial Management - MGMT8500
- Canadian Securities Fundamentals I - FIN71020
- Canadian Securities Fundamentals II - FIN2067
- Introduction to Accounting Principles - ACCT1220
- Introduction to Financial Technology - FIN73020
- Taxation for Financial Planners - FIN73050
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| Areas of expertise & interest | - Corporate Finance, Investments, Fixed Income, and Derivatives
- Business Analytics and Big Data
- Financial Technology (Applications in Finance, Cryptocurrencies, etc.)
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| Industry experience, professional currency activities | Arash Soleimani Dahaj has professional experience in Market Risk Measurement and Counterparty Credit Risk (CCR) measurement at Scotiabank, with a focus on enhancing operational efficiency in the bank's daily counterparty credit risk reporting pipeline. Arash has overseen reporting capital requirements to the Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions (OSFI) and played a key role in monitoring and escalating issues impacting CCR and Credit Valuation Adjustment (CVA) capital calculations.
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| Major research projects, scholarly activities, and/or publications | - SOLEIMANI DAHAJ, A., COZZARIN, B.P. (2019) “Government Venture Capital and Cross-Border Investment”, Global Finance Journal, Vol. 41, pp.113-127.
- SOLEIMANI DAHAJ, A., COZZARIN, B.P. AND TALEBI, K. (2018) “Revisiting the Canadian public policy towards venture capital: Crowding-out or displacement”, Science and Public Policy, Vol. 45, No. 5, pp.719-730.
- SOLEIMANI DAHAJ, A., COZZARIN, B.P. (2017) How Experiential and Vicarious Learning Shape Venture Capital firms’ Cross-Border Investment Decisions. Paper presented at the 2017 annual conference of the Administrative Sciences Association of Canada (ASAC), May 29-31, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
- CAMPOLIETI, G., MAKAROV, R. N., & SOLEIMANI DAHAJ, A., 2015. Time Series Analysis and Calibration to Option Data: A Study of Various Asset Pricing Models. Interdisciplinary Topics in Applied Mathematics, Modeling and Computational Science: 121–126. Springer International Publishing.
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| Additional information | Arash Soleimani Dahaj holds a PhD in Management Sciences from the University of Waterloo, along with a master's and an MBA, and brings extensive experience from both academic and professional environments. Specializing in finance, investments, and Financial Technology, Arash's work connects theory with real-world practice, providing students with cutting-edge expertise in FinTech, risk analysis, and financial innovation. Arash is dedicated to preparing the next generation of finance professionals with the skills needed to thrive in today's evolving financial landscape. |
