Noël Amenc, PhD is Associate Professor of Finance at EDHEC Business School. Prior to joining EDHEC Business School as founding director of EDHEC-Risk Institute, he was Director of Research at Misys Asset Management Systems. He is an editorial board member of the Journal of Portfolio Management, associate editor of the Journal of Alternative Investments, and member of the Journal of Index Investing’s advisory board. He is also a member of the Finance Research Council of the Monetary Authority of Singapore and was formerly a member of the Consultative Working Group of the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) Financial Innovation Standing Committee and of the Scientific Advisory Council of the AMF (French financial regulatory authority).

He holds graduate degrees in economics, finance and management and a PhD in finance, has published extensively in finance journals and has contributed to four books on quantitative equity management, portfolio management and alternative investments.