Speakers

Iftekhar Hasan holds the title of university professor at Fordham University, where he also serves as the E. Gerald Corrigan Chair in Finance, academic director of the Ph.D. program, and co-director of the Center for Research in Contemporary Finance at the Gabelli School of Business.

Claudia Girardone is Dean of Essex Business School and Professor of Banking and Finance.

Manthos Delis is a Professor of Financial Economics at Audencia Business School and Member of the Board of Directors at the University of Ioannina.

Prof. Dr. Martin Brown's research is focused on Financial intermediation, Finance & Development and Experimental economics and has been published e.g. in Econometrica, Economic Journal, Journal of the European Economic Association, Journal of Financial Intermediation, and Journal of Money, Credit and Banking.

Sofia Anyfantaki is a Research Economist with specialisation in econometrics at the Department of Research and Economic Analysis of the Bank of Greece (Special Studies Division).

Rustam Zufarov earned a PhD in Accounting from Rice University in 2020.

Francesca Zucchi is a Senior Research Economist in the Directorate General Research of the European Central Bank.

Wanli Zhao is currently a full professor of accounting at Bocconi University in Milan, Italy

Mengxin Zhao, PhD, CFA, joins the Costello College of Business as an associate professor of finance.

David Yermack is a professor of finance at the NYU Stern School of Business.