Prof. Degeorge is Full Professor of Finance at the Università della Svizzera italiana (USI), in Lugano, and the director of the university’s Institute of Finance (IFin). He holds a Senior Chair at Swiss Finance Institute, which he joined in 2006. Before teaching at USI, Prof. Degeorge taught at HEC Paris, where he also served as Associate Dean for Research. He has been a visiting professor at the Tuck School of Business (Dartmouth), at Université Paris-Dauphine, and at the Saïd Business School (Oxford). Prof. Degeorge holds a "grande école" degree from HEC Paris and was awarded his PhD by Harvard University. His research interest is in corporate finance and his findings have been published in leading academic journals. He teaches executive education courses on corporate finance for wealth managers on a regular basis and has received numerous teaching and research awards. He serves on the executive committee of the European Finance Association, the advisory board of Ticino for Finance, and the scientific council of Institut ParisEuroplace. Prof. Degeorge was the president of the European Finance Association during 2015.