1. Education and Academic positions

  Associate Professor of Finance,  University of Montpellier 

• Address: Sciences et Techniques du Languedoc, Place Eugène Bataillon. 34095 Montpellier Cedex 5 (France).

•  Phone number: 00 33 (0) 499585169

•  Email: ouidad.yousfi@umontpellier.fr

Areas of research:

• Corporate governance

• Board gender diversity

• Innovation

• Corporate social responsibility

Academic Qualifications

• 2015  French Accreditation for doctoral supervision, University of Montpellier. The dissertation titled "Individual features for a better understanding of markets: heterogeneous approach". Supervisor is Alain François-Heude (University of Montpellier). Committee:

                - Fany Declerck, Toulouse School of Economics.                

                - Patrick Navatte,  IGR-IAE de Rennes.

                - Sophie Mignon, University of Montpellier.

                - Éric Paget-Blanc, University of Evry-Val-d'Essonne. 

• 2009  Ph.D. in Finance, University of Paris Ouest Nanterre la Défense with highest honours. Ph. D. Dissertation titled " Asymmetric information in leveraged Buyout acquisitions under a contractual approach", supervised by Jean-Marc Bourgeon ( INRA Paris). Ph.D. Committee: 

                 - Armin Schwienbacher, SKEMA Business School

                 - Catherine Casamatta, University of Toulouse 1.

                 - Daniel Zajdenweber, University of Paris Ouest Nanterre la Défense.

                 - Deszö Szalay, University of Bonn.  

• 2003 Master's Degree Applied Mathematics, University of Paris-Dauphine.

          Positions 

• September 2010 to present: Associate Professor, University of Montpellier (France).

• 2009-2010: Associate professor of Finance, ESSEC Business School of Tunis (Tunisia).

• 2008-2009: Assistant Professor at the University of Paris Créteil.Val de Marne.

• 2006-2008: lecturer at the University of Paris Ouest Nanterre la Défense.