Dr. Cyriel de Jong
Before Cyriel de Jong founded KYOS, he was assistant professor at Erasmus University in Rotterdam. Since 2001 Cyriel de Jong has been a trainer in energy markets, mainly focusing on financial risk management and energy finance.
Next to training, Cyriel de Jong has done a great number of projects related to energy derivative valuation, risk management, and investment analysis (including real options). He is particularly active in the application of financial simulation methodologies to value power plants, gas storages, long-term contracts, and transportation.
Cyriel de Jong is director of KYOS, holds an MSc in Econometrics from the University of Maastricht and a PhD in Financial Derivatives from Erasmus University.
Hans van Dijken
Hans van Dijken has been active in energy markets since 2001. Before Hans van Dijken joined KYOS, he worked for Reliant Energy and Nuon in the Netherlands. During this period, he worked in various functions within risk management and business development. Hans van Dijken was responsible for the analysis of various investments, of which the 1200 MW multi-fuel plant Magnum.
Within KYOS, Hans van Dijken has done various projects related to investment analysis, power plant valuation, tolling deals and implementation of hedging strategies. Hans van Dijken is largely active in optimizing power plant dispatch decisions, while enhancing value through the application of hedging strategies.
Hans van Dijken is a partner at KYOS, and holds an MSc in Business Administration from the University of Twente.
About KYOS
As an independent consultancy firm, KYOS offers specialized advice on trading and risk management in energy markets. Their expert team has years of experience in quantitative modelling and advisory services in commodity markets.
KYOS' advisory services have a solid quantitative basis, combined with a deep understanding of energy markets. They develop sophisticated models to support investment decisions, daily risk calculations and decision making. Furthermore, they organize trainings and workshops.
KYOS made various publications in scientific, semi-scientific and practitioners journals, including 'Journal of Derivatives', 'Journal of Business', 'Energy Risk', 'Journal of Energy Markets', 'WorldPower', 'Commodities Now', and 'Studies in Non-linear Dynamics and Econometrics'. They occasionally write books, book chapters and reports.