About me

I am a Professor in Finance at the Essex Business School of the University of Essex and the director of the Essex Finance Centre. My research interests span the area of financial intermediation with a specific interest in the empirical analysis of the financial sector and its regulation. I analyze issues related to monetary policy and systemic risk; political economy of central banks; bank competition and financial regulation; gender diversity; and financial networks. I was a visiting scholar at Banco de Portugal, Bank of Finland (Suomen Paki), BIS, Imperial Business School and Michigan State University.

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I am a Co-founder and Co-organizer of the: 

• CEPR Summer Conference on Financial Intermediation and Corporate Finance 

• EFiC Conference

Selected Recent & Forthcoming Talks:

1. Oct 23 - Central Bank of Ireland

2. Nov 23 - UCY

3. Dec 23 - Financial stability policies, Dublin

4. Jan 24 - ASSA Meetings (IBEFA)

5. Jan 24 - Board of Governors (Washington D.C.)