PREVIOUS EMPLOYMENT
Head of the Financial Markets and Institutions Unit, Centre for European Policy Studies (June 2025 - )
Head of Research, European Capital Markets Institute (January 2024 - )
Research Fellow, Financial Markets and Institutions Unit, Centre for European Policy Studies and European Capital Markets Institute, (October 2022 - )
Researcher, Financial Markets and Institutions Unit, Centre for European Policy Studies and European Capital Markets Institute, (October 2016 - October 2022)
Postdoctoral Teaching Fellow, Department of Economics, University of Warwick (January 2016 - September 2016)
Visiting Scholar, Foreign Research Division, Austrian National Bank (October 2015 - December 2015)
Visiting Scholar, Applied Macroeconomic Research Division, Bank of Lithuania (June 2015 - September 2015)
PhD Econ Internship, Country and Financial Sector Analysis Division, European Investment Bank (July 2014 - November 2014)
Fellow in Finance, Department of Finance, London School of Economics (September 2013 - September 2015)
Teaching Fellow, Department of Economics, University of Bath (September 2012 - August 2013)
Traineeship, Capital Markets / Financial Structure Division, European Central Bank (July 2011 - November 2011)
Teaching Assistant, School of Economics, University of Surrey (September 2010 - August 2013)
EDUCATION
PhD in Economics, University of Surrey (2014). Advisors: Daniele Massacci and Paul Levine
MSc in Business Economics and Finance, University of Surrey (2009)
BSc in Physics, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (2007)
PROFESSIONAL TRAINING
Financial Econometrics, Macro-econometrics and Predictive Modelling, Francis Diebold, European University Institute, Florence (2014).
Dynamic Models for Volatility and Heavy Tails, Andrew Harvey, Cass Business School (2013).
Simulation Based Bayesian Econometric Inference for Forecasting and Decision Analysis, Herman K. van Dijk, University of London (2013).
Prediction and Investment Strategies in Markets Prone to Crashes and Bubbles, William T. Ziemba, Systemic Risk Centre, London School of Economics (2013).
Financial Forecasting, Andrew Patton and Allan Timmermann, Oxford-Man Institute, University of Oxford (2013).
Model Construction, Estimation and use of DSGE Macroeconomic Models, Paul Levine, Vasco Gabriel and Cristiano Cantore, Centre for International Macroeconomic Studies, University of Surrey (2012).
REFEREEING ACTIVITY
European Journal of Finance; Journal of Banking and Finance; Journal of International Financial Markets, Institutions & Money.