Nadia is a Lecturer in Finance and Director of a postgraduate programme specialised in risk management, in one of the leading business schools in the UK. She is involved in a variety of academic research projects in the area of Finance and in executive education. She has a 7-year experience in the financial markets and has worked as an equity derivatives trader for a major investment bank in New York and City of London. Nadia holds a PhD in Finance and an MSc in International Securities Investment and Banking from the ICMA Centre – University of Reading, UK, and a BSc in Banking and Financial Management from the University of Piraeus, Greece.