Wilson holds a PhD in Artificial Intelligence from the University of Johannesburg under the supervision of Professors Tshilidzi Marwala and Rendani Mbuvha and was awarded the prestigious Google PhD Fellowship by Google. He also holds a Masters in Mathematical Finance (with distinction) from the University of Cape Town, a BBusSci in Actuarial Science (with distinction in Statistics) from the University of Cape Town, and a BSc in Computing (cum laude) from the University of South Africa. He is the author of two published AI books: Bayesian Machine Learning in Quantitative Finance (Palgrave Macmillan, 2025) and Hamiltonian Monte Carlo Methods in Machine Learning (Academic Press, 2023). He also serves as a Visiting Lecturer at the University of the Witwatersrand School of Statistics and Actuarial Science, where he supervises Master’s and PhD research at the intersection of artificial intelligence, risk management, and quantitative finance. He has published over 20 peer-reviewed international journal and conference papers over the last five years. For his exceptional industry and academic impact, he has been recognised as a Top 200 Young South African (Mail & Guardian) and one of the 30 Young Mandelas of the Future (News24).