About
Michael Jansen is a Visiting Senior Fellow at the London School of Economics and Political Science in the Department of Mathematics, where he lectures on Risk Management. He is currently Managing Director at JPMorgan Chase & Co., leading Securitization and Credit Technology and Mortgage Modeling. Michael has more than 25 years of experience in quantitative finance, mortgage markets, and financial technology.
He holds a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science with a History minor from the University of Virginia (2000). His professional career spans leadership roles at premier financial institutions, where he has specialized in developing quantitative trading platforms, pricing models, and risk management systems for mortgage and securitized products.
Prior to joining JPMorgan Chase in 2019, Michael founded and served as CEO of Mies Jansen (2016-2019), a technology company focused on modernizing institutional sales and trading. Before his entrepreneurial venture, he spent 16 years at Morgan Stanley (2000-2016), rising to Managing Director and Co-Head of Desk Strategists and E-Markets.
At JPMorgan Chase, Michael's responsibilities include all aspects of mortgage modeling, data strategy, and the overall digital transformation of the mortgage finance business. He developed a quantitative trading and banking team to optimize capital allocation, hedging, pricing strategies, and workflows. He serves as a member of the Credit and Securitization Risk and Global Management teams.
Michael has contributed significantly to quantitative finance and risk management through both innovation and thought leadership. He holds U.S. Patent No. 12,153,905 (issued 2024) for No Code AI technology. He has been an invited speaker at leading institutions including Princeton University (2014) on "Lessons from the 2008 Financial Crisis" and the Oxford Man Institute of Quantitative Finance (2012) on "Bubbles and Lessons for Risk Management." His work focuses on how financial engineering is applied in the US mortgage market and the practical application of risk-neutral pricing, econometric modeling, and time series analysis across financial markets.
Expertise
Quantitative Finance, Mortgage Markets, Financial Technology, Risk Management