Jason West is an Associate Professor in Finance at Griffith Business School, Griffith University in Brisbane, Australia. Jason has held senior industry appointments with BHP Billiton, Commonwealth Bank, and Standard Chartered Bank and has worked extensively throughout Australia, Europe and Asia. Jason's research has developed new approaches to the modelling of risk and the pricing of financial instruments in the energy sector, as well as devising new approaches to understanding the dynamics of resource economics. He has also developed advanced methods for commodity price modelling, insurance derivatives and the funding of infrastructure projects. He has published more than 40 articles in academic journals and books.