Matt Sekerke's consulting practice focuses on economic litigation, financial economics, mathematical modeling, and regulatory issues in financial services. He specializes in building and calibrating valuation models for financial instruments, designing market and credit risk management systems, conducting econometric analysis of complex data sets, and applying machine learning and AI in finance. His expertise also covers fixed income, derivatives, and structured finance markets.
Matt has two decades of experience providing consulting solutions on damage analyses in the mortgage-backed securities, options, and structured products markets, antitrust analysis in the market for debit and credit card payment services, merger analysis in the banking, specialty chemicals, healthcare sectors, and expert analysis of liability and damages for the largest class action in the history of the Commodity Exchange Act.
In non-litigation consulting, Matt led the overhaul of valuation and risk management capabilities for a GSIB mortgage trading business, developed modeling solutions for regulatory capital management and stress testing, and advised the Swiss National Bank in its acquisition of some $40 billion in structured finance assets for the Stabfund in 2008.
Previously, Matt was a Director in PwC’s Financial Markets practice, where he was a primary thought leader for the business and spearheaded valuation and risk management solutions for PwC’s clients in the banking and capital markets sectors.
As a Senior Director at Alvarez and Marsal, he started up the firm’s economic litigation practice and contributed to financial services consulting and restructuring engagements.
Matt also spent a decade supporting expert testimony in litigation related to structured finance, derivatives, competition, and complex commercial disputes at Navigant Economics and Chicago Partners.
He is also active in the academic world as a Visiting Fellow in the Department of Finance at Durham University Business School and a Fellow of the Johns Hopkins University Institute for Applied Economics, Global Health, and the Study of Business Enterprise.
He is the author of “Bayesian Risk Management” (Wiley Finance, 2015) and his work on money, banking, and financial markets has appeared in Central Banking, The Wall Street Journal, Financial Times, Forbes, and Fortune.
EXPERTISE
Securities Litigation
Complex Securities and Derivatives
Antitrust and Merger Analysis
Economic Damages
Commodity Markets
EDUCATION
Durham University
PhD, Economics
Columbia University Fu Foundation School of Engineering
MS, Applied Mathematics
University of Chicago Booth School of Business
MBA, Analytic Finance and Econometrics
Johns Hopkins University
BA, Economics and Mathematics
MA, History
WORK HISTORY
SEDA Experts
Managing Director
2023-Current
Durham University Business School
Visiting Fellow
2021-Current
Hiddenite Capital Partners
Senior Macro Advisor
2020-Current
Ndogenous
President
2017-Current
Johns Hopkins Institute for Applied Economics
Fellow
2015-Current
PwC
Director
2015-2017
Alvarez & Marsal
Senior Director
2012-2015
Navigant Economics
Associate Director
2004-2012
Economics
Contact
Matt Sekerke, Ph.D.
1185 Avenue of the Americas
New York, NY 10036
+1 646-626-4555