RACHEL E.S. ZIEMBA has a BA in History from the University of Chicago and an MPhil in International Relations from St. Antony's College, Oxford University. She worked for the Canadian International Development Agency in Egypt, and the International Development Research Centre, Ottawa. At Roubini Global Economics, she researches geo-strategic risks to the global economy. She has written and given talks on various issues in global macroeconomy, currency politics and emerging market and geostrategic issues. WILLIAM T. ZIEMBA is the Alumni Professor of Financial Modeling and Stochastic Optimization (Emeritus), University of British Columbia. He is a well-known academic with books, research articles and talks on various investment topics. He has visited MIT, Chicago, Berkeley, UCLA, Cambridge, LSE, Oxford and the Reading ICMA Centre. He trades through William T Ziemba Investment Management Inc. He has consulted for various financial institutions on hedge funds and investments.