Centre for Empirical Research in Finance and Banking (CERFIB)

Our people

Learn about our academic experts, from their research interests to their contact details.

Dr Mohamed Bakoush PhD, CFA, FRM, MCSI, FHEA

Lecturer in Finance

Research interests

  • Financial Stability
  • Financial Innovation & Fintech
  • Sustainable Finance & Climate Risk

Accepting applications from PhD students

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Dr Panayiotis Papakyriakou

Lecturer in Finance

Research interests

  • Empirical Corporate Finance
  • Empirical Asset Pricing
  • Behavioural Finance

Accepting applications from PhD students

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Dr Paulo Regis

Associate Professor in Finance

Research interests

  • Financial Development (access to finance of SMEs) 
  • Financial regulations and systematic risk in the banking sector
  • The Chinese economy and the public sector 

Accepting applications from PhD students

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Dr Rakesh Jory

Associate Professor

Research interests

  • Corporate Finance
  • Financial Markets and Institutions
  • International Financial Management

Accepting applications from PhD students

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Dr Renatas Kizys

Associate Professor in Finance

Research interests

  • Asset pricing
  • Cryptocurrencies
  • Energy economics and finance

Accepting applications from PhD students

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Dr Saad Baloch

Lecturer in IB and Finance

Research interests

  • International Business
  • Non-Market Strategies
  • Board Gender Diversity  

Accepting applications from PhD students

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Dr Shuonan Zhang

Lecturer in Banking and Finance

Research interests

  • Macroeconomics and Macro-aspect of Finance
  • Productivity and Technology Innovation
  • Central Bank Digital Currency

Accepting applications from PhD students

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Dr Simon Troup

Principal Enterprise Fellow

Research interests

  • data wrangling, data science and data products
  • tech product strategy and business models
  • fintech unbundling and platforms
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Professor Simon Wolfe

Professor in Banking and Finance

Research interests

  • Financial regulations
  • Financial stability
  • Depositor protection schemes

Accepting applications from PhD students

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