Business School and Imperial alumni are invited to this interactive evening talk with Alexander Michaelides, Professor of Finance at Imperial College Business School.
Alexander will discuss the continuing challenges faced by the economy of Cyprus in an uncertain European economic environment. Alexander will also examine how challenges can provide opportunities for reform and how structural reforms encourage increased competitiveness, with particular emphasis on ways to promote the knowledge economy
Welcoming you to the evening will be CEO of PwC Cyprus Evgenios Evgeniou (Mechanical Engineering 1986). A cocktail reception will follow the event, with a chance to network with other alumni and guests.
About Alexander Michaelides
Alexander Michaelides is a Professor of Finance at Imperial College Business School since September 2013 and Research Fellow at CEPR (International Macroeconomics and Financial Economics Programmes), at CFS (Frankfurt) and NETSPAR (The Netherlands). Alexander was previously a lecturer (2001-2006) and associate professor (2006-2010) at the Department of Economics, London School of Economics, and a professor of finance at the Department of Public and Business Administration, University of Cyprus in 2010-2014. Before that he was lecturer (1998-2000) and assistant professor (2000-2001) at the Department of Economics, University of Cyprus.
He holds a Ph.D. in Economics from Princeton University (1997) and a B.A. in Economics from Harvard (1993). He has held visiting scholar positions at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York and the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, was a Wim Duisenberg Research Fellow at the European Central Bank (2012) and a senior researcher at the Central Bank of Cyprus (2009-2010). Between May 2013 and November 2013 he was a non-executive member of the Board of Directors of the Central Bank of Cyprus. Alex has been Head of the Department of Finance at Imperial College Business School since October 2014.
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