Mark Suresh Joshi (2 March 1969 – 8 October 2017) was a British researcher and consultant in mathematical finance.
He was the author of numerous research articles and seven books; his popular guides, "On becoming a quant" and "How to Get a Quant Job in Finance", are widely read.
[6] Following this, he worked for the Royal Bank of Scotland[7] from 1999 to 2005 as a quantitative analyst at a variety of levels, finishing as the Head of Quantitative Research for Group Risk Management.
He taught the subject Financial Mathematics III and was also a highly sought after honours supervisor in the department.
Mark Joshi wrote numerous research articles on quantitative finance, and also authored several books: Joshi died of an unexpected heart attack in October 2017 at the age of 48, leaving behind his wife Jane and sons Alastair, Douglas, Colin, Richard and Stuart.