Mesias Alfeus

Mesias Alfeus (born 8 September 1989) is a Namibian professor of quantitative finance at Stellenbosch University, a mathematician, and a lead principal investigator at the NITheCS Quantitative Finance Research Program (QFRP).

Alfeus earned an undergraduate degree, a B.Sc., in mathematics and physics (cum laude) from the University of Namibia. During the course of his undergraduate study for three consecutive years he earned an awards of the top science student from 2010 to 2012. He then studied at Stellenbosch University and obtained a B.Sc. (honors) in financial mathematics (cum laude) in 2014 and subsequently a Master of Science in financial mathematics in 2015. Alfeus pursued a doctor of philosophy in quantitative finance studies with the University of Technology Sydney (UTS) Business School and graduated in May 2019.

Career Alfeus worked at Namfisa as a risk analyst as well as a part-time lecturer at the University of Namibia. He then moved to Australia, where he served as a lecturer at the University of Wollongong. He was offered a research position at the University of Cape Town in the department of the African Institute for Financial Markets and Risk Management, where he served for six months. The Stellenbosch University offered him a permanent position as a lecturer for financial risk management, and he rose through the ranks to associate professor.