Καθηγητής Γιώργος Σκιαδόπουλος

George Skiadopoulos is a Professor of Finance at the University of Piraeus (Department of Banking and Financial Management) and at Queen Mary University of London (School of Economics and Finance). He is a member of the Consultative Working Group on Investor Trends & Research of the European Securities Markets Authority (ESMA) Risk Standing Committee, the supra-national supervisor of European financial markets. He is the Director and co-Founder of the Institute of Finance and Financial Regulation, and an Honorary Senior Visiting Fellow at Bayes Business School City, University of London. His expertise lies in the fields of asset management, risk management, commodities, ESG and climate finance.

Professor Skiadopoulos has a rich professional experience as a consultant to well-known financial institutions in Greece and abroad and he has worked for the Athens Derivatives Exchange and the Financial Options Research Centre. He is a frequent speaker at conferences for academics, professionals, and policy makers.

His research has been published in leading academic journals, including Management Science, Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis, Journal of Business and Economic Statistics, and The Accounting Review, and it has been widely cited by regulators and professionals. It has been featured in international media, including Bloomberg, Forbes, and Wall Street Journal, and it has been funded by national and international organizations, including the Chicago Mercantile Exchange Foundation Group, the J.P. Morgan Research Centre in Commodities, the Hellenic Foundation for Research and Innovation, and the Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology. His recent research on climate change risks and asset prices has been presented (by invitation) to the European Parliament, EBA, EIOPA, ESMA, CONSOB, HCMC, and it has been cited by the OECD and the Financial Stability Board.

Professor Skiadopoulos holds a Ph.D. from the University of Warwick, an M.Sc. in Mathematical Economics and Econometrics from the London School of Economics, and a Ptychion in Economics (ranked first in his graduating class) from AUEB.

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