EMG Our People

Geert Bekaert
Leon G Cooperman Professor of Finance at Columbia Business School, New York City
Lord Brian Griffiths
Vice Chairman, Goldman Sachs International

Kate Phylaktis
Professor of International Finance and Director of the Emerging Markets Group
Chiara Banti
Lecturer in Finance, Essex Business School
Barbara Casu Lukac
Professor of Banking
Alec Chrystal
Professor of Money and Banking
Manthos Delis
Professor of Financial Economics and Montpellier Business School
Ana-Maria Fuertes
Professor in Financial Econometrics
Bruce Hearn
Reader in Accounting, University of Southampton
Elena Kalotychou
Assistant Professor in Finance, Cyprus University of Technology
Piotr Korczak
Reader in Finance, University of Bristol
Ali M. Kutan
Professor of Economics and Finance, Southern Illinois University
Gulnur Muradoglu
Professor of Finance, Queen Mary College
Ceylan Onay
Associate Professor, Bogazici University
Richard Payne
Professor in Finance and Course Director of MSc Finance
Lucio Sarno
Professor of Finance
Maik Schmeling
Professor of Finance, Goethe University Frankfurt
Sotiris Staikouras
Senior Lecturer in Finance
Giovanni Urga
Professor of Finance & Econometrics and Director, Centre for Econometric Analysis
Cheng Yan
Senior Lecturer in Finance, Essex Business School
Jian Yang
Professor of Finance, University of Colorado

Zana Beqiri - Supervisors Barbara Casu Lukac and Daniela Fabbri
"Volume and pricing of syndicated loans in developing countries"
Liangrong Chunyu - Supervisors Anh Tran and Paolo Volpin
"A Study of Outbound M&A and Post-acquisition Performance: Insights from Developed and Emerging Markets"
Joe Delveaux - Supervisor Kate Phylaktis
"Essays on Sovereign debt in Sub-Sahara Africa"
Lulu Feng - Supervisors Richard Payne and Ian Marsh
"Momentum profits, market volatility, volatility of volatility and skewness"
Petros Katsoulis - Supervisors Barbara Casu Lukac and Elena Kalotychou
"Modelling Systemic Risk and Contagion in financial markets"
Jiatao Liu - Supervisors Ian Marsh and Maik Schmeling
"Investor Sentiment Effect on Asset Pricing and Financial Market"
Hugh Alexander Patience - Supervisors Ana Maria-Fuertes and John Hatgionnaides
"Modelling of the Volatility Smile Incorporating Exotics"
Panagiotis Panagiotou - Supervisors Richard Payne and Ian Marsh
"Essays on Statistical Arbitrage"
Marianna Russo - Supervisor Giovanni Urga and Lilian De Menezes
"Price discovering in the European gas market"
Robin Tietz - Supervisors Lucio Sarno and Maik Schmeling
"Financial Market Behaviour and Exchange Rates"
Nan Zhao - Supervisor Ana-Maria Fuertes
"Forecasting International Bond Return"

Nicholas Sarantis
Visiting Professor of International Finance, Cass Business School. His research interests include international finance, exchange rate modelling and forecasting, currency and financial crises, country risk, financial globalisation, banking regulation, forecasting financial markets, and EMU: The Euro and European Financial Markets. He will be visiting from October 2010 to November 2013.
Francesca Carrieri
Professor of Finance, McGill University, Montreal. She visited EMG between January to June 2009.
Anthony Saunders
John M. Schiff Professor of Finance at Stern School Of Business, New York University, October 2007 to September 2008.

Our People