(ACADEMIC) APPOINTMENTS
Lead Economist at the European Central Bank (ESCB/IO) in DG-FIR, April 2024 - present
Senior Economist/Researcher at National Bank of Belgium, September 2017 - present
Associate professor of Finance (with tenure), Tilburg University, December 2015 – present
Assistant professor of Finance, Tilburg University, September 2010 – November 2015
CentER Fellow and European Banking Center Fellow, September 2010 – present
Assistant professor of Finance, Ghent University, September 2009 - August 2010
GRADUATE STUDIES
Ghent University, Ph.D. in Financial Economics, September 2003-May 2007
Committee: Rudi Vander Vennet (supervisor), Hans Degryse, Steven Ongena
UNDERGRADUATE STUDIES
ECARES - Université Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium, Master of Science in Economics and Statistics (Magna Cum Laude), 2003
Ghent University, Belgium, Master in Economics - specialization: Quantitative Methods (Magna Cum Laude), 2001.