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Department of Finance staff

 

The LSE Department of Finance is one of the leading Finance groups in Europe. Profiles and contact details for all of our staff can be found below. The Department's policy of recruiting the best academics from around the world is reflected in our international and diverse faculty.

Finance faculty

Agrawal

Dr Ashwini Agrawal
PhD, University of Chicago

Associate Professor of Finance

Ulf Axelson

Professor Ulf Axelson
PhD, Carnegie Mellon University

Professor of Finance and Private Equity

Balloch

Dr Cynthia Balloch
PhD Columbia University

Assistant Professor of Finance

Burkart

Professor Mike Burkart
PhD, LSE

Professor of Finance;
Head of Department

Georgy Chabakauri

Dr Georgy Chabakauri
PhD, London Business School

Associate Professor of Finance

ConstantinCharles

Dr Constantin Charles
PhD, University of Southern California, Los Angeles

Assistant Professor of Finance

kfC

Dr Kim Fe Cramer
PhD, Columbia University

Assistant Professor of Finance

Vicente Cunat

Professor Vicente Cuñat
PhD, LSE

Professor of Finance

Danielsson

Dr Jon Danielsson
PhD, Duke University

Reader in Finance;
Director, Systemic Risk Centre

Dasgupta2

Professor Amil Dasgupta
PhD, Yale University

Professor of Finance;
Director, Financial Markets Group

Ferreira2

Professor Daniel Ferreira
PhD, University of Chicago

Professor of Finance

GonzalezUribe

Dr Juanita Gonzalez-Uribe
PhD, Columbia University

Associate Professor of Finance

Jenter

Professor Dirk Jenter
PhD, Harvard University

Professor of Finance

Julliard2

Dr Christian Julliard
PhD, Princeton University

Associate Professor of Finance

Kondor

Professor Peter Kondor
PhD, LSE

Professor of Finance

Lopes-Cocco

Dr Paula Lopes-Cocco
PhD, Boston University

Associate Professor (Education)

Lou

Professor Dong Lou
PhD, Yale University

Professor of Finance

Makarov

Dr Igor Makarov
PhD, MIT

Associate Professor of Finance

Martin

Professor Ian Martin
PhD, Harvard University

Professor of Finance

Oehmke

Professor Martin Oehmke
PhD, Princeton University

Professor of Finance

Paravisini

Professor Daniel Paravisini
PhD, MIT

Professor of Finance

Peng2

Dr Cameron Peng
PhD, Yale University

Assistant Professor of Finance

Christopher Polk

Professor Christopher Polk
PhD, University of Chicago

Professor of Finance

Rahi

Dr Rohit Rahi
PhD, Stanford University

Associate Professor of Finance

RayW

Dr Walker Ray
PhD, UC Berkeley

Assistant Professor of Finance

Scherrer

Dr Cristina Scherrer
PhD Queen Mary, University of London

Associate Professor (Education)

Vayanos2

Professor Dimitri Vayanos
PhD, MIT

Professor of Finance

Varela

Dr Liliana Varela
PhD, Paris School of Economics

Assistant Professor of Finance

Michela Verardo

Dr Michela Verardo
PhD, University of Rochester

Associate Professor of Finance

Webb

Professor David Webb
PhD, LSE

Professor of Finance

Kathy Yuan

Professor Kathy Yuan
PhD, MIT

Professor of Finance

LZhu

Dr Linyan Zhu
PhD, UCSD

Assistant Professor of Finance

Zigrand

Dr Jean-Pierre Zigrand
PhD, University of Chicago

Associate Professor of Finance;
Director, Systemic Risk Centre

Visiting and Emeritus Academics

Visiting Lecturers

Andrikog

Dr Angie Adrikogiannapoulou

Visiting Lecturer in Finance

Nosbusch

Dr Yves Nosbusch

Visiting Lecturer in Finance

Paul

Dr Jojo Paul

Visiting Lecturer in Finance

Pedro Saffi

Professor Pedro Saffi

Visiting Lecturer in Finance

Kostas Zachariadis

Dr Kostas Zachariadis

Visiting Lecturer in Finance

Emeritus Academics

Anderson

Professor Ron Anderson
PhD, University of Michigan

Emeritus Professor of Finance

Class teachers

Baltas

Dr Konstantinos Baltas
PhD, QMUL

Teaching: FM101

Contact: k.baltas@lse.ac.uk

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Otavio Bitu
Teaching: FM210, FM211

Contact: o.bitu@lse.ac.uk

bodrato

Dr Guido Bodrato
PhD, CREST, École Polytechnique

Teaching: FM311, FM321

Contact: g.bodrato@lse.ac.uk

Yanna Cai

Yanna Cai
Teaching: FM214, FM215

Contact: y.cai30@lse.ac.uk

BChen

Benjamin Chen
Teaching: FM101

Contact: b.chen22@lse.ac.uk

Clark

Dr James Clark
PhD, University of Exeter

Teaching: FM310, FM311

Contact: j.p.clark@lse.ac.uk

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Dr Gustavo Dias
PhD

Teaching: FM321

Contact: g.fruet-dias@lse.ac.uk

 

Vinicius

Marcus Gomes de Castro
Teaching: FM214, FM215

Contact: m.gomes-de-castro@lse.ac.uk

YangGuo

Yang Guo
Teaching: FM214, FM215

Contact: y.guo29@lse.ac.uk

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Denys Iliasov
Teaching: FM210, FM211

Davide La Cara

Davide La Cara
Teaching: FM210, FM211

Contact: d.la-cara@lse.ac.uk

 

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Menqi Li
Teaching: FM210, FM211

Contact: m.li99@lse.ac.uk

LouJialiang

Jialiang Lou
Teaching: FM210, FM211

Contact: j.lou6@lse.ac.uk

 

XinchenMa

Xinchen Ma
Teaching: FM310

Contact: x.ma25@lse.ac.uk

Nithin Mannil

Nithin Mannil
Teaching: FM210, FM211

Contact: n.mannil@lse.ac.uk

 

Maithili Modi

Maithili Modi
Teaching: FM210, FM211

Contact: m.modi1@lse.ac.uk

 

Head and shoulders portrait of Mark Morley, PhD student in the Department of Finance

Mark Morley
Teaching: FM214, FM215

Contact: m.morley1@lse.ac.uk

MinPark

Dr Min Park
PhD, LSE

Teaching: FM310, FM311

Contact: m.k.park@lse.ac.uk

Pellicioli

Alberto Pellicioli
Teaching: FM310, FM311

Contact: a.pellicioli@lse.ac.uk

PelosiMarco

Dr Marco Pelosi
PhD, LSE

Teaching: FM311, FM321

Contact: m.pelosi@lse.ac.uk

RRogers

Robert Rogers
Teaching: FM413

Contact: r.rogers@lse.ac.uk

Rostamkhani

Vahid Rostamkhani
Teaching: FM101

Contact: v.rostamkhani@lse.ac.uk

 

Head and shoulders portrait of Jiahong Shi, PhD student in the Department of Finance

Jiahong Shi
Teaching: FM214, FM215

Contact: j.shi26@lse.ac.uk

Smorodenkova

Elizaveta Smorodenkova
Teaching: FM214, FM215

Contact: e.smorodenkova@lse.ac.uk

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Fernando Soares
Teaching: FM210, FM211

Contact: f.saint-martin-de-abreu-soares@lse.ac.uk

TianY

Yuan Tian
Teaching: FM214, FM215

Contact: y.tian11@lse.ac.uk

 

Wagner

Niels Wagner
Teaching: FM101

Contact: n.k.wagner@lse.ac.uk

 

Yibing Wang

Yibing Wang
Teaching: FM210, FM211

Contact: y.wang474@lse.ac.uk

 

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Bolin Xu
Teaching: FM210, FM211

Contact: b.xu19@lse.ac.uk

Head and shoulders portrait of Zheyuan Yang, PhD student in the Department of Finance

Zheyuan Yang
Teaching: FM101

Contact: z.yang18@lse.ac.uk

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Claudia Diya Zhao
Teaching: FM210, FM211

Contact: d.zhao12@lse.ac.uk

 

Professional services staff

Ahmed

Hannah Ahmed
Programme Administrator
Contact: finance.ftprogadmin@lse.ac.uk

Baylore

Harriet Baylore
Programme Manager, MSc Finance (Full-time) and MSc Finance & Private Equity
Contact: finance.mfinft@lse.ac.uk

Morag Brocklehurst

Morag Brocklehurst
Associate Programme Director, MSc Finance and Economics
Contact: room MAR 7.42; tel +44 (0)20 7955 7675;
email m.j.brocklehurst@lse.ac.uk

Rhys Cadman

Rhys Cadman
Head of Recruitment and Admissions; Programme Manager, MSc Finance and Economics
Contact: room MAR 7.12; tel +44 (0)20 7955 6094;
email Finance.MScFE@lse.ac.uk

Christophorou

Elena Christophorou
Programme Administrator
Contact: finance.ptcourseadmin@lse.ac.uk

Mary Comben

Mary Comben
Student Services Manager; Programme Manager, MSc Finance and Risk; Programme Manager, PhD Finance
Contact: room MAR 7.12; tel +44 (0)20 7955 7739;
email Finance.MScFinRisk@lse.ac.uk; Finance.PhD@lse.ac.uk

RDavid

Rachel David
Programme Administrator
Contact: r.david2@lse.ac.uk

Oliver Dowling

Oliver Dowling
Programme Administrator
Contact: o.dowling1@lse.ac.uk

 

Eleanor Eiserman

Eleanor Eiserman
Associate Programme Director, MSc Finance and MSc Finance & Private Equity
Contact: e.eiserman@lse.ac.uk

Francesca Gil

Francesca Gil
Programme Manager, MSc Finance (part-time programme) 
Contact: room MAR 7.12; tel +44 (0)20 7852 3783; email finance.mfinpt@lse.ac.uk

Jasper Heeks

Jasper Heeks
Senior Admissions Officer
Contact: room MAR 7.11; tel +44 (0)20 7107 5048;
email j.heeks@lse.ac.uk

Imperial 

Miranda Imperial-Sanchez
Operations Manager
Contact: room MAR 7.10; email finance.operations@lse.ac.uk

Lucas 

Ella Lucas
Undergraduate Programme Administrator
Contact: finance.ug@lse.ac.uk

Yana Marchuk

Yana Marchuk
Assessment Manager
Contact: finance.exams@lse.ac.uk

Joe Meegan

Joe Meegan
Web & Digital
Contact: j.d.meegan@lse.ac.uk

AlMukhtar

Laila Al Mukhtar
Student Support and Operations Administrator

 

Rai

Neesha Rai
Associate Programme Director, MSc Finance (part-time programme)
Contact: room MAR 7.41; tel +44 (0)20 7849 4651;
email n.rai3@lse.ac.uk

Osmana Raie

Osmana Raie
Departmental Manager
Contact: room MAR 7.13; tel +44 (0)20 7955 7324;
email o.raie@lse.ac.uk

Head and shoulders portrait of Stuti Sahajpal, Associate Programme Director for MSc Finance

Stuti Sahajpal
Senior Programme Adviser
Contact: room MAR 7.43; email s.sahajpal@lse.ac.uk

Shaw

Nancy Shaw
Programme Administrator

 

StokerPaul

Paul Stoker
Business Support Officer

Strong

Lorna Strong
Associate Programme Director, MSc Law & Finance
Contact: room MAR 7.24; email l.k.strong@lse.ac.uk

Simon Tuck

Simon Tuck
Finance & Projects Manager
Contact: room MAR 7.11; tel +44 (0)20 7955 7843;
email s.tuck1@lse.ac.uk

Williams

Grace Williams
BSc Finance Programme Manager
Contact: room MAR 7.10; tel +44 (0)20 7955 6206; email finance.bsc@lse.ac.uk

Research students