Dr Nikolaos Georgikopoulos - NYU Stern - Imperial College London- Oxford University

Dr Nikolaos I. Georgikopoulos (BSc, Diploma, MSc, Ph.D.)

Financial Economist

Dr Nikolaos Georgikopoulos is a Research Fellow in Financial Economics and the Head of Information Technology at the Centre of Planning and Economic Research (KEPE) in Athens. KEPE is the largest economic research institute in Greece and operates under the supervision of the Ministry of Development, Competitiveness and Shipping. His main activities at KEPE are focused on applied research concerning the Greek economy, on the study of economic conjuncture and on the provision of advisory services to the government on issues of economic analysis and policy.

For the academic year 2011 - 2012, Dr Georgikopoulos is a visiting scholar at New York University - Leonard N. Stern School of Business. He is also a part-time lecturer at London Metropolitan University, affiliated with the STORM research centre (Statistics, Operational Research and Mathematics). In addition, he is an external Senior Associate Research Fellow of Professor Nicos Christofides, Imperial College London.

Dr Georgikopoulos is a founding member of the Society for Financial Econometrics (SoFiE), based at New York University - Stern School of Business, whose founding Co-President is Prof. Robert Engle (2003 Nobel Prize in Economics). He has also been attending the Committee on Financial Markets at the Organization of Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) since 2009.

Prior to joining KEPE, he occupied the following posts:

Financial Research Consultant at the Centre for Quantitative Finance, at Imperial College London.

Financial Research Project Manager at Bevlodge Limited (London).

Financial Adviser at KT & SS Ltd (London).

Researcher Quantitative Risk Analyst at Xenomorph Software Ltd. (London).

Financial Researcher & Assistant Trader at Barclays – BZW (London).

Assistant lecturer in Mathematics and Finance, at Imperial College London.

He received his B.Sc. (First-Class Honours) in Mathematics from the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece. His first post-graduate degree, Master of Science in Mathematical Finance, was obtained from the University of Oxford, UK. He has obtained a Diploma in Quantitative Finance from the Centre for Quantitative Finance (CQF) at Imperial College London, UK. He also holds a Ph.D. in Finance, from the Business School at Imperial College London. He was a Post-Doctoral academic scholar at Stern School of Business, NYU, USA.

His current research is in the field of Finance. Among his other interests are Risk Management, Quantitative Finance, Banking and Investment. He has published research papers in the field of mathematical modelling, finance and risk management. He has written many articles in widely circulated economic and financial magazines and newspapers, regarding the current financial crisis and the Greek banking system. He has been main speaker and/or participated in roundtables in many international and Greek financial conferences.

He is currently working on a variety of different research projects, including a collaboration with Prof. Nicos Christofides (Imperial College London, UK) concerning the capital structure of the European banks and their financial risks; a collaboration with Prof. Mikis Stasinopoulos (STORM Research Centre - London Metropolitan University, UK) concerning the development of the Greek - German government bond spreads and finally, a collaboration with Dr Costas Leon (DCT International Hotel & Business Management School - Switzerland) concerning the stochastic shocks of the European and the Swiss economic fluctuations.