Sanjay Misra, Portfolio Manager, BlackRock Japan, Indian, 35

"The elective courses are taking core courses a step further by introducing us to the frontier of research. Once we started taking electives, we realised both the vastness and relevance of the material that we had covered in the first year and everything came together nicely." More...

Pablo Balan, Global Head of Portfolio Risk and Analytics, Coutts, British and American, 39

"The teaching quality is excellent compared to my experience - typically the best researchers do not make the best instructors, but EDHEC-Risk Institute has managed to assemble a team of highly respected scholars who yet manage to be very precise and didactic.." More...

Gideon Ozik, Head of Hedge Fund Solutions, SGAM AI, Israeli, 34

"The class forms an incredible pool of talented and experienced people. Some of my peers are already at the top in their field and many others have the shine of future leaders. The diversity in the classroom is also astounding: here is a group of men and women from all continents, with academic backgrounds ranging from math/physics to political science, and a wealth of professional experiences in investment banking, asset management, wealth management, and consulting. Interacting with people from such different backgrounds is very enriching, leads to creative ideas and can result in joint research projects. Through interaction, this collection of gifted individuals becomes a powerful learning community: the sum is much bigger than the parts." More...

Igor Lojevsky, Chief Country Officer and Chief Executive Officer, Russia & CIS, Deutsche Bank, Moscow, Russian and American, 52

"It is extremely motivating to learn from the best in the field as well as to learn to learn. Faculty does not hand out lists of one-size-fits-all advice and recipes for success but instead opens doors by providing us with the concepts and tools to investigate our own questions. While very intense, the block-week setup of the courses is great. Each half-course delivered over the week gives us a concentrated overview of the key issues—the type of broad vision that is typically lacking in practice—and serves as a toolbox for in-depth work on the readings." More...

Rachid Lassoued, Head of Financial Engineering, Bloomberg, French and Tunisian, 34

"The programme allows you to step back and approach new problems with a global view. I no longer see what I have done over the years under the same light: I am able to reinterpret my past work in a global framework and can think of extensions. Any financial institution – bank, insurance company, asset manager, etc. – will gain from having professionals with this type of training on board." More...

Jasmine (Zhong) Yu, Senior Investment Analyst, Abu Dhabi Investment Council, Abu Dhabi, Chinese & American, 38

"EDHEC Business School came up with a new format allowing executives to follow a rigorous doctoral programme. While the delivery format caught my attention, I was highly impressed by the academic quality of the programme and its outstanding faculty and was excited by the idea of a purely finance programme and the possibility of focusing on asset management, my professional area. I also enjoyed the global orientation of the programme and its distinctive European flavour, i.e., quantitative bent, interest in risk management, and diversity of perspectives." More...

Rehan Syed, Head of Portfolio Management, ABN AMRO Private Bank, Dubai, American, 41

"I would recommend the programme to any experienced asset management officer aspiring to higher intellectual levels and career development, and to anybody who wants to function on the state-of-the-art boundary, which is way beyond where professional designations take you. Come to think of it, I would recommend the programme to any serious finance practitioner." More...

Tim Bollerslev, Juanita and Clifton Kreps Professor of Economics in the Department of Economics and Professor of Finance at the Fuqua School of Business, Duke University, teaches Volatility Modelling, elective seminar

"At Duke, I teach in both executive education and doctoral programmes. Here the students were a nice mix of the two as they had both a great academic interest in finance and real experience from the field – this was perfect for me since I strive to do academic research that is in sync with the industry.." More...

Pietro Veronesi, Professor of Finance, Booth School of Business, University of Chicago and Affiliate Faculty, teaches Recent Developments in Dynamic Asset Allocation and Macro-Finance

"I was definitely surprised by the quality of the students. I give this advanced doctoral seminar every other year at the University of Chicago. Knowing about the large proportion of executives in the class, I was worried that the material may be too difficult. It was a relief to find out that students not only were up to the challenge but also had very good questions for me, many of which were very different from those I get in Chicago. This is a pretty smart group of people and I had fun teaching them." More...

Abraham Lioui, Professor of Finance, teaches Financial Economics, Core Course

"The programme allows participants to develop an integrated view of how financial markets and institutions operate, equips them with a thorough understanding of financial modelling, and trains them to do research. In a very competitive industry, heads of research and product development need this type of training to innovate." More...

Jakša Cvitanic, Professor of Mathematical Finance, Division of the Humanities and Social Sciences, California Institute of Technology and Affiliate Faculty, teaches Continuous Time Finance, Core Course

"Doctoral training provides you with knowledge and a set of tools which can be used in the industry. For example, we all read about the complex derivative products at the heart of the current financial crisis—it is useful for professionals in the finance industry to understand what models were used to price and manage these products and what went wrong." More...

Pierre Mella-Barral, Professor of Finance, teaches Corporate Finance, Core Course

"The executive track of the PhD seems to attract students who do not undertake the programme for short-term professional gains but much more for very pure personal and intellectual objectives. This makes the experience unique. Our PhD students are guided by a genuine thirst for knowledge and have demonstrated strong willingness to work and absorb difficult material; it is a pleasure to help them in their pursuits." More...