I am a Professor of Finance in the School of Accounting and Finance at the University of Bristol. I was previously a Professor of Finance at the University of Exeter, and have held visiting positions at Imperial, LSE, Warwick, and at universities in Belgium, China, New Zealand, Norway, Sweden and Russia.    
 
I hold a BSc in Economics from UCL, an MSc in Economics from Birkbeck College, University of London and a PhD in Economics from the University of Exeter. I also have an MSc in Chinese Language, Business and International Relations from the University of Sheffield. I am a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy and a member of the Chartered Institute for Securities and Investment.
 
I have extensive consulting experience in the finance sector, working with investment banks, hedge funds, mutual funds, wealth management companies and regulators. Before becoming an academic, I worked as a software developer in the finance industry.