Faculty and researchers

The EDHEC faculty and research staff, which makes up the EDHEC academic community, is made up of permanent professors and researchers as well as affiliate professors and associate researchers, spread over the Lille, Nice, Paris, Singapore and London campuses.

  • EDHEC Augmented Law Institute Affiliate Researcher , EDHEC Lecturer
    Discipline: Law
    Faculty: Accounting, Control & Legal Affairs
    Expertise: Intellectual property law
    An EDHEC Augmented Law Institute Affiliate Researcher and an EDHEC Lecturer, Eleonora Rosati is Full Professor of Intellectual Property (IP) Law and the Co-Director of the LLM in European Intellectual Property Law at Stockholm University.
  • Affiliate Professor , Co-Founder LN Markets
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    Faculty: Data Science, Economics & Finance
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    FinTech entrepreneur specialised in business development and data science.<br /> <br />
  • Professor
    Discipline: Marketing
    Faculty: Marketing
    Expertise: Marketing - Entrepreneurship and Innovation Management
    Sabine Ruaud, PhD, is Professor in the Marketing Department where she is involved in a wide variety of teaching activities for Bachelor, Postgraduate and Executive programs.
  • Associate Professor
    Discipline: Econometrics
    Faculty: Data Science, Economics & Finance
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    Mirco Rubin holds a Bachelor and two Master Degrees in Economics and Finance from Ca' Foscari University of Venice, Italy and a Doctorate in Finance and Economics from the Swiss Finance Institute and Università della Svizzera Italiana in Luga
  • Scientific Portfolio (an EDHEC Venture) Director of Business Development
    Discipline: Finance
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    Shahyar is a capital markets professional with a 20-year track record in both sell-side and buy-side roles.
  • Professor, Head of faculty - Accounting, Control & Law
    Discipline: Accounting
    Faculty: Accounting, Control & Legal Affairs
    Expertise: Financial Accounting
    Elie Salameh, PhD, is an Associate Professor of Accounting and Head of Accounting, Control & Law Department at EDHEC Business School. He teaches courses in managerial accounting, financial accounting, and financial statements analysis.
  • Professor
    Discipline: Strategy
    Faculty: Strategy, Entrepreneurship & Operations
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  • Teaching Assistant
    Discipline: Strategy
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  • EDHEC Climate Institute Senior Research Engineer - Macroeconomist
    Discipline: Climate Finance
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    Nicolas Schneider is a Senior Research Engineer and Empirical Macroeconomist at EDHEC-Risk Climate Impact Institute.
  • EDHEC Climate Institute Scientific Director
    Discipline: Climate Finance
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  • Professor , Director of the PhD in Finance Program
    Discipline: Business Finance
    Faculty: Data Science, Economics & Finance
    Expertise: Corporate Finance, Corporate Governance, Liquidity, Banking, Asset Valuation
    Enrique Schroth joined EDHEC Business School in July 2019 as Professor in Finance. Previously, he held research and teaching positions at the Cass Business School, City University of London, the Amsterdam Business School and HEC Lausanne.
  • EDHEC Infrastructure & Private Assets Research Institute (EIPA) Senior Researcher , Construct benchmarks and metrics for private assets
    Discipline: Finance
    Faculty: Data Science, Economics & Finance
    Expertise: Empirical Research, Corporate Finance, Asset Pricing
    He is passionate about empirical research in Finance and private asset markets. His research has been published in several peer-reviewed journals and presented at several prominent academic and industry fora. He has received a Ph.D.
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  • Professor, Deputy Head of faculty -Management & Humanities , MSc in Creative Business & Social Innovation Manager
    Discipline: Culture
    Faculty: Management & Humanities
    Expertise: Intercultural Management
  • Associate Professor
    Discipline: Law
    Faculty: Accounting, Control & Legal Affairs
    Expertise: Employment law, Intellectual property law, Law of new technologies and , Legal risks associated with business start-ups
    Dominique SERIO is Associate Professor of Law at EDHEC Business School with a specialization in innovation and new technologies for entrepreneurial projects.
  • EDHEC Augmented Law Institute Affiliate Researcher
    Discipline: Law
    Faculty: Accounting, Control & Legal Affairs
    Expertise: Law
    Ammar Sharkatli, PhD, is Affiliate Professor of Law at EDHEC Business School. He holds a Doctorate in Corporate Law (University of Lille II). He has also been a lawyer at the Damascus Bar since 2004.
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    Faculty: Strategy, Entrepreneurship & Operations
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  • SciBeta Analyst
    Discipline: Finance
    Faculty: Data Science, Economics & Finance
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  • Associate Professor , Director of the MSc Global & Sustainable Business
    Discipline: Control Management
    Faculty: Accounting, Control & Legal Affairs
    Expertise: Management Accounting and Control, Accounting for Sustainable Development, Biodiversity Accounting
    Madlen Sobkowiak joined EDHEC Business School as an Associate Professor of Accounting in 2023 with a particular interest on sustainability accounting and managerial accounting.
  • Assistant Professor
    Discipline: Management
    Faculty: Accounting, Control & Legal Affairs
    Expertise: Managerial Appointments and Compensation, Audit Firms' Human resources management 
    Amin Sofla is an Assistant Professor of Business Administration in the Accounting, Control & Law department at EDHEC Business School.
  • Deputy Director of the Centre for Responsible Entrepreneurship and Director of EDHEC Entrepreneurs
    Discipline: Entrepreneurship
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    Expertise: Accompagner, fédérer et engager les entrepreneurs
  • Associate Professor
    Discipline: Finance
    Faculty: Data Science, Economics & Finance
    Expertise: Corporate Finance
    Gohar Stepanyan, PhD, joined EDHEC Business School in Fall 2016 with over ten years of professional work experience.
  • Professor
    Discipline: Finance
    Faculty: Data Science, Economics & Finance
    Expertise: Corporate finance, corporate governance, international finance, law and economics.
    Peter G. Szilagyi joined EDHEC Business School as Professor of Finance in 2021. He previously served at Central European University and Judge Business School, University of Cambridge.
  • Associate Professor, Deputy Head of faculty - Accounting, Control and Law , M'assurer de la qualité des recrutements des vacataires et des cours.
    Discipline: Control Management
    Faculty: Accounting, Control & Legal Affairs
    Expertise: Sustainable Accounting
    Professor Pascale Taddei Valenza is a full-time faculty member who joined EDHEC Business School in 2001. Her primary teaching areas are Management accounting and Management control.
  • Assistant Professor
    Discipline: Marketing
    Faculty: Marketing
    Expertise: Affect and emotions, uncertainty, promotions, consumer behaviour
    Arash Talebi is Assistant Professor of Marketing at EDHEC Business School (France). His research primarily focuses on understanding the role of emotions in consumer judgment and decision-making.
  • Assistant Professor
    Discipline: Communication
    Faculty: Management & Humanities
    Expertise: Culture, Gender Studies, Communication
    Dr. Antonella Tempesta is an Assistant Professor at EDHEC Business School with a PhD in Culture, Gender, and Communication from the Universidad Autonoma de Barcelona, she brings a deep research background to her experiential teaching approach.
  • Professor
    Discipline: Finance
    Faculty: Data Science, Economics & Finance
    Expertise: Pension fund asset-liability management, global investment strategies, fund manager selection and risk management
    Nikolaos Tessaromatis, PhD, is a Professor of Finance at EDHEC Business School. Prior to joining EDHEC Business School Dr Tessaromatis was CEO and CIO of EDEKT Asset Management, the leading fiduciary manager of Greek pension funds.
  • Associate Professor
    Discipline: Entrepreneurship
    Faculty: Strategy, Entrepreneurship & Operations
    Expertise: Entrepreneurship, Entrepreneurial strategy, New Venture Teams, Deep Tech Entrepreneurship
    Jana Thiel is an Associate Professor of Strategy and Entrepreneurship at EDHEC Business School. Her research interests are at the intersection of entrepreneurship and strategy.
  • Professor
    Discipline: Strategy
    Faculty: Strategy, Entrepreneurship & Operations
    Expertise: Corporate and Competitive Strategy, Strategic Management, Strategic Innovation, Mergers & Acquisitions
    George Tovstiga, Ph.D, is Professor of Strategy at EDHEC Business School. He holds a doctorate in Engineering Sciences (Dr. sc. techn. ETH) from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH Zurich, Switzerland).
  • Professor
    Discipline: Finance
    Faculty: Data Science, Economics & Finance
    Expertise: Asset allocation and portfolio choice, Valuation and risk management, International finance
    Raman Uppal is Professor of Finance at EDHEC Business School. He holds a bachelors degree in Economics (Honors) from St. Stephen's College, Delhi University, and M.A., M.B.A and Ph.D.
  • Associate Professor , EDHEC Augmented Law Institute Researcher
    Discipline: Economics
    Faculty: Data Science, Economics & Finance
    Expertise: Microeconomics, Public Economics, Regulation
    Giacomo Valletta, PhD, is an Associate Professor of Economics at EDHEC Business School.
  • EDHEC Augmented Law Institute Research engineer
    Discipline: Law
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  • Associate Professor , MSc in Global & Sustainable Business Manager
    Discipline: Social Responsibility of the Business (CSR)
    Faculty: Management & Humanities
    Expertise: Business Ethics
    Bastiaan van der Linden is Associate Professor of Corporate Social Responsibility at EDHEC Business School. Bastiaan has experience in consulting, academic research, and business education.
  • Professor
    Discipline: Management
    Faculty: Management & Humanities
    Expertise: Business Ethics, Whistleblowing, Philosophy of Management
    Wim Vandekerckhove is Professor of Business Ethics at EDHEC Business School in France. He holds a PhD from Ghent University.
  • Professor , Academic Director EMBA
    Discipline: Marketing
    Faculty: Marketing
    Expertise: Sustainable marketing and marketing ethics; corporate social responsibility; consumer behavior
    Joëlle Vanhamme, Ph.D, is Professor of Marketing at EDHEC Business School. Prior to joining EDHEC, Professor Vanhamme was faculty member at Rotterdam School of Management and IESEG School of Management.
  • Scientific Portfolio (an EDHEC Venture) Director of Research
    Discipline: Finance
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    Benoit Vaucher is Scientific Portfolio’s Director of Research.
  • Assistant Professor , MSc in Data Analytics & Artificial Intelligence Director
    Discipline: Operations & Supply Chain
    Faculty: Strategy, Entrepreneurship & Operations
    Expertise: Project Scheduling, Supply Chain, Operations Management
    Cedric Verbeeck, PhD, is Professor of Operations management and Director of the MSc in Data Analytics and Artificial Intelligence at EDHEC Business School. He holds a Doctorate in Engineering from Ghent University.
  • Professor of Strategy
    Discipline: Strategy
    Faculty: Strategy, Entrepreneurship & Operations
    Expertise: Mergers and Acquisitions and International Management
    Philippe Very is professor of strategic management at EDHEC Business School, France. He is also Robert Reynolds Distinguished Lecturer at the University of Denver, Colorado.
  • Associate Professor
    Discipline: Finance
    Faculty: Data Science, Economics & Finance
    Expertise: Corporate Finance, Venture Capital
    Milos Vulanovic, Ph.D, is Professor of Corporate Finance at EDHEC Business School. He is teaching in various EDHEC programs. He holds a Ph.D. in Financial Economics from The Graduate Center at City University of New York.
  • Professor
    Discipline: Marketing
    Faculty: Marketing
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  • EDHEC Infrastructure & Private Assets Research Institute (EIPA) Director
    Discipline:
    Faculty: Data Science, Economics & Finance
    Expertise: Infrastructure Investment
  • Professor , EDHEC Augmented Law Institute Researcher
    Discipline: Law
    Faculty: Accounting, Control & Legal Affairs
    Expertise: EU and US antitrust law, internal market law, digital platform regulation
    Anne Witt is a Professor of Law and a member of the EDHEC Augmented Law Institute.  She gained her first law degree from the University of Freiburg im Breisgau, an LLM from the University of Virginia (Fulbright scholar), and a PhD from the University
  • Associate Professor , Global MBA Academic Director
    Discipline: Strategy
    Faculty: Strategy, Entrepreneurship & Operations
    Expertise: Strategy – Innovation – AI/Digital
    Dr. Ghassan Paul YACOUB is an Associate Professor of Innovation and Strategy and Global MBA Academic Director at EDHEC Business School.
  • EDHEC Climate Institute Senior Research Engineer
    Discipline: Climate Finance
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    Expertise: Applied Mathematics, Stochastic Analysis
    Fangyuan Zhang is a senior research engineer at EDHEC Climate Institute where she contributes to the research programme looking at the implications of climate change on asset prices and investment management.
  • Assistant Professor
    Discipline: Marketing
    Faculty: Marketing
    Expertise: Consumer behavior, new technology, autonomous products
    Jenny Zimmermann is an Assistant Professor in the Marketing Department at EDHEC Business School. Prior to joining the EDHEC faculty, Jenny completed her PhD at the Institute of Behavioral Science and Technology at the University of St.Gallen.

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