CURRENT ACADEMIC POSITION

Full Professor of Banking and Finance at the University of Palermo, Department of Economics, Business and Statistics, Palermo, Italy.

PREVIOUS ACADEMIC POSITIONS

Associate Professor of Banking and Finance, University of Palermo, Italy.

Assistant Professor of Banking and Finance, University of Palermo, Italy.

VISITING POSITIONS

Visiting Professor at the Yarmouk University, Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences, Irbid (Giordania).

Visiting Professor at the Vilnius Gediminas Technical University (VilniusTech), Faculty of Business Management, Vilnius (Lituania).

Visiting Professor at the Sprott School of Business, Carleton University, Ottawa, (Canada).

Visiting Professor at the Hanoi University, Faculty of Management, Hanoi (Vietnam).

Visiting Professor at the Windesheim University, Business School, Zwolle (The Netherlands).

Visiting Professor at the FHNW School of Business, University of Applied Sciences and Arts Northwestern Switzerland, Basel and Olten (Switzerland).

Visiting Professor at the Universidad Autonoma de Madrid, Department of Finance, Madrid (Spain).

Visiting Professor at the Regent’s University London, Centre for Banking and Finance, London (UK).

Visiting Scholar at the Harvard Business School, Harvard University, Boston (USA).

OTHER ACADEMIC POSITIONS

Coordinator of the Degree Program in Business Administration and the Master Program in Business & Economic Sciences,  University of Palermo, Italy.

Faculty member of the Ph.D. Program in “Economics and Statistics” (Director: Prof. Andrea Consiglio), Department of Economics, Business and Statistics, University of Palermo, Italy.

Faculty member of the Ph.D. Program in “Economics, Business and Statistics” (Director: Prof. Marcello Chiodi), Department of Economics, Business and Statistics, University of Palermo, Italy.

Faculty member of the Ph.D. Program in “Economics and Local Development”, (Director: Prof. Fabio Mazzola), Department of Economics, Business and Statistics, University of Palermo, Italy.

Faculty member of the Ph.D. Program in “Economic Analysis, Tecnological Innovation and Local Development” (Director: Prof. Vincenzo Fazio), Department of Economics, Business and Finance, University of Palermo, Italy.

Faculty member of the Master Program in “Innovative Strategies for Wine Companies” (Director: Prof. Sebastiano Torcivia), University of Palermo, Italy.

Faculty member of the Master Program in “Wine Management” (Director: Prof. Sebastiano Torcivia), University of Palermo, Italy.

Faculty member of the Master Program in “Public Management” (Director: Prof. Sebastiano Torcivia), University of Palermo, Italy.

Member of Tutoring Commitee for Graduate students in Economics and Finance, University of Palermo, Italy.

Faculty member of the Department of Economics, Business and Statistics, University of Palermo, Italy.

Faculty member of the Undergraduate and Graduate courses in “Economics and Finance”, Department of Economics, Business and Statistics, University of Palermo, Italy.

Faculty member of the Undergraduate and Graduate courses in “Business Administration”, Department of Economics, Business and Statistics, University of Palermo, Italy.

EDUCATION

Ph.D. in Business Administration, University of Catania, Italy.

M.B.A., Master in Business Administration, Isida Business School, Italy.

Degree in Economics and Business Management, University of Palermo. Italy.

RELEVANT COURSES ATTENDED

Advanced Course on Private equity and Venture Capital, Italian Association of Private equity and Venture Capital (AIFI), Milan, Italy.

Teaching Methodology Advanced Course, Italian Academy of Business Studies (AIDEA), University of Turin, Italy.

Research Methodology Advanced Course, Italian Academy of Business Studies (AIDEA), University of Turin, Italy.

GRANTS AND AWARDS

Erasmus+ Grants, University of Palermo.

Research Grant, International Research Project with the Universidad Autonoma de Madrid, Madrid (Spain), University of Palermo, Italy.

Special mention (Label) for the Risk Management Graduate Course at the University of Palermo, Italian Association of Financial Industry Risk Managers (AIFIRM), Milan, Italy.

Research Grant, International Research Project with the Harvard Business School (USA), University of Palermo, Italy.

Research Grants, University of Palermo, Italy.

Research Grants, Ministry of University and Scientific Research, Rome, Italy.

Course Scholarship, Italian Association of Private equity and Venture Capital (AIFI), Milan, Italy.

Ph.D. Scholarship, Ministry of University and Scientific Research, Rome, Italy.

MBA Scholarship, Ministry of University and Scientific Research, Rome, Italy.

“Emanuele Parisi Musarra” dissertation award, Palermo, Italy.

Special mention for the Degree Thesis on Banking, University of Palermo, Italy.

SCIENTIFIC  AFFILIATIONS

Italian Association of Scholars in Banking and Finance (ADEIMF).

European Association of Scholars in Banking and Finance (Wolpertinger).

Italian Academy of Business Studies (AIDEA).

Italian Association of Financial Industry Risk Managers (AIFIRM).

Business Systems Laboratory (BS-Lab).

International Federation for Systems Research (IFSR).

TEACHING

Banking, University of Palermo.

Economics and Management of Financial Institutions, University of Palermo.

Risk Management, University of Palermo.

OTHER INFORMATION

Professional accountant, Certified auditor, and Business consultant.

Teaching in many Bank Management and Bank Accounting programs.

Teaching in many Executive education, Management training, and Master programs.

Teaching at School of Economics and Finance, Ministry of Finance, Italy.

Board member of the Arbitro Bancario Finanziario (ABF), Bank of Italy, Palermo.