About the Author

Dr. Olga D. Khon received her PhD in Finance (PhD thesis in international banking and financial regulation) in 2020. Olga emphasised financial regulation and the financial stability agenda to enhance her major educational background in banking and financial markets.

Her current research focuses on studying financial technologies (fintech), particularly blockchain and central bank digital currencies (CBDCs), and their impact on systemic risks and financial stability.

Olga is inspired by an interdisciplinary approach to research methods by combining knowledge of econometrics, machine learning and deep learning along with data analysis techniques in her studies.

Dr. Olga D. Khon has more than a decade of university teaching experience, including years spent in leading positions in corporate business and data analytics. 

She has both empirical experience in collaborating with asset management and investment companies (for implementation of machine learning and neural networks for market forecast), and corporate experience as a data analyst in blockchain and financial markets.

Olga believes in the importance of continuity in education and is deeply grateful to her teachers and students.

Her sources of inspiration are Classical Music, European Art, Photography, and Cinematography.

Professional Certification

2025:

• IBM Machine Learning Professional Certificate (IBM, 2025). Credential ID: H32GODNF20PY

• IBM Deep Learning (with PyTorch, Keras & TensorFlow) Professional Certificate (IBM, 2025). Credential ID:  1G32REIT6FB5

• GOOGLE Cybersecurity Professional Certificate (IBM, 2025). Credential ID:  DD9XCT8OKCBN

• IBM Generative AI Engineering (with PyTorch, LangChain & Hugging Face) Professional Certificate (IBM, 2025). Credential ID: 3ZT9CU6W6XNW

• IBM Generative AI Engineering with LLMs Specialization Certificate (IBM, 2025). Credential ID: 9GME2QN19EML

• IBM AI Engineering (with Python, PyTorch, & TensorFlow) Professional Certificate (IBM, 2025). Credential ID: OOXUB1LXLU5H

• GOOGLE Advanced Data Analytics Professional Certificate (Google, 2025). Credential ID: CJWJ4XVY18FM

2024:

• GOOGLE and NYIF Machine Learning for Trading Professional Certificate (Google and New York Institute of Finance - NYIF, 2024). Credential ID: E9WOB243j6Ol

2021:

• IBM Data Science Professional Certificate (IBM, 2021). Credential ID: C7YQ32PTEW5E

Memberships

2020 - present:  Member of the Royal Economic Society  (https://www.res.org.uk)

2019 - 2022: Member of the American Economic Association (https://www.aeaweb.org)

2019 - 2021: Member of the Econometric Society (https://www.econometricsociety.org)

Education

2020:

• Saint-Peterbsurg State University of Economics (PhD in Finance Degree)

2018:

• Center for Economics Research & Graduate Education - Economics Institute (CERGE-EI); and HSE University St. Petersburg (Teaching Development Program: Teaching Principles and Practices - II)

2016:

• Center for Economics Research & Graduate Education - Economics Institute (CERGE-EI); and HSE University St. Petersburg (Teaching Development Program: Teaching Principles and Practices - I)

2014:

• Saint-Peterbsurg State University of Economics (Postgraduate Studies in Banking and Finance)

2006:

• European Banking Training Network Absl (European Foundation Certificate in Banking) 

• International Banking Institute - Saint Petersburg (Specialist Degree in Economics with Distinction)

• International Banking Institute - Saint Petersburg (Specialist Degree in Management with Distinction)

Programming/Coding Experience

Programming & Query languages, Markups tools: Python, R, SQL, GraphQL, VBA, LaTeX, HTML, CSS, JavaScript

Integrated Development Environments (IDEs): VSCode, PyCharm, Spyder, Jupyter Notebook, Jupyter Hub, Jupyter Lab, Posit (RStudio), VBE, Google Colab

Additional Tools: Google Data Studio, Power BI, Tableau, Notion, Miro, Jira, Slack, Adobe Creative Cloud (Photoshop, Lightroom Classic, Lightroom, Premiere Pro, Express)

Read more about Dr. Olga D. Khon's University Teaching and Research.