Vita
Expertise: Asset Management, Asset Pricing, Climate Finance & ESG, Commodities, Financial Derivatives
ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS
Queen Mary University of London, UK
Professor of Finance, School of Economics and Finance, Oct 2014-Today
Reader of Finance, Feb 2013-Oct 2014
University of Piraeus, GR
Professor of Finance, Dept. of Banking and Financial Management, Jun 2015–Today
Associate Professor of Finance, Jun 2010–Jun 2015
Assist. Professor of Finance, Sep 2006–Jun 2010
Lecturer of Finance, Jan 2003–Sep 2006
Institute of Finance and Financial Regulation
Director and Co-Founder, www.iffr.gr, Jul 2018-Today
City University of London, UK
Honorary Senior Visiting Fellow, Bayes Business School, Nov 2010-Today
University of Warwick, UK
Associate Research Fellow, Warwick Business School, Apr 1999–Sep 2018
Research Fellow, Financial Options Research Centre, Warwick Business School, Oct 1995–Mar 1999
Editorial Boards
Journal of Banking and Finance, Journal of Business Finance and Accounting, Journal of Commodity Markets, Journal of Derivatives, Multinational Finance Journal
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
European Securities Markets Authority (ESMA)
Member of the Consultative Working Group of ESMA’s Risk Standing Committee - Investor Trends & Research
Member of the Group of Economic Advisers, Dec 2021-Nov 2023
Hellenic Capital Market Commission
Advisor to the Innovation Hub on Financial Technology, Mar 2019-Today
IOLCUS Investments
External Independent Academic Advisor, Jul 2019-Jun 2022
Professional Risk Managers International Association (PRMIA)
Member of the Academic Advisory Council, Nov 2008-Dec 2009
Athens Derivatives Exchange
Research and Development Group, Sep 1999- Mar 2000
Consultant on a Project Basis
Athens Derivatives Exchange, Alpha Bank, Emporiki Bank, Financial Options Research Centre’s Corporate Members, Hellenic Petroleum S.A., Integral Capital Management LLP
Executive Training
Delivered a number of courses on Commodities, Financial Derivatives, and Risk Management in Athens, Barcelona, and London on behalf of Incisive Media, KPMG, and University of Piraeus
EDUCATION
University of Warwick
Ph.D. in Finance, Oct 1995-Jul 1999
London School of Economics and Political Science
M.Sc. in Mathematical Economics and Econometrics, Oct 1994-Jun 1995
Athens University of Economics and Business
Ptyxion (Distinction), Department of Economics, Oct 1990-Jun 1994
AWARDS AND HONORS
Research Grants
Chicago Mercantile Exchange Foundation Group, J.P. Morgan Center for Commodities, Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT) Portugal, Hellenic Foundation for Research and Innovation, Fondazione Cassa di Risparmio Italy, Athens Derivatives Exchange
Honors
2022 SEF/QMUL Impact Corn Seed Prize 2022 | 2022 CFA Society Greece Annual Research Award |Best Paper Award at the 25th Annual Meeting of the German Finance Association (2018) |Included in the list of researchers with Impactful Research using WRDS |Top 25 most cited papers in the Journal of Banking and Finance for January 2010 – April 2015 |Shortlisted for QMUL Engagement and Enterprise Awards 2019 for Best Published Research Campaign |Nominated for the EFMA 2017 Conference Global Association of Risk Professionals (GARP) Risk Management Best Paper Award
Member of the Macro Finance Society |Member of the diaNEOsis Policy Lab |Member of the Committee voting for nominations for the Onassis Prize in Finance (2015 & 2018) |Marie Curie Human Capital Mobility Research Fellow (1995-1997) |Member of the EFA and EFMA Program Committees |External Examiner to King’s College and London School of Economics Masters’ programs in Finance
Honored by the Athens University of Economics and Business for achieving the fourth best mark in the Greek National Examinations for Admission to the Department of Economics
RESEARCH
Publications in journals including Management Science, Journal of Business and Economic Statistics, Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis, and The Accounting Review
Media Coverage: Columbia Law School Blue Sky Blog, CFO Magazine, Forbes, Market Watch, Wall Street Journal, Seeking Alpha, Kathimerini (Sunday Edition), The Verdict, Traders Magazine
Abstracted by N. Roubini’s RGE EconoMonitor, CFA, Citigroup, and Global Commodities Applied Research Digest Volumes
Cited in policy reports composed by the European Parliament, Financial Stability Board, OECD, and OneChicago Exchange
Daskalaki and Skiadopoulos (2011) paper was in the Top 25 most cited papers in the Journal of Banking and Finance for January 2010 – April 2015
Hiraki and Skiadopoulos (2021) paper received the 2018 best paper award from the German Finance Association and was included in the list of papers with Impactful Research using WRDS