Andreas is a Lecturer in Finance at the Department of Public & Business Administration at the University of Cyprus. He has previously worked as Lecturer in Finance at the Manchester Business School (MBS) for two years. While he was at MBS, he was also involved with the organization of the Enterprise Risk Management Symposium (2008; Chicago, USA). Prior to moving to the UK, Andreas completed his Ph.D. in Risk Management & Insurance at Georgia State University (USA - December 2006). His Ph.D. was partly funded by the Society of Actuaries. His professional experience includes two years experience as an Actuarial Associate for Towers Perrin in Philadelphia. During that time he passed the first three exams of the Society of Actuaries and gained significant experience with the valuation of employee benefit plans for large US companies. His undergraduate degree was completed with honors in 2001 (First in class), in Actuarial Science (Minor in Mathematics) at the Pennsylvania State University. Research Andreas' current research interests include executive compensation, default risk, structural models for credit risk, the information value of changes in bond ratings, insurance economics, business cycles and the operation of financial institutions and markets. He has published articles in the Journal of Risk and Insurance, ASTIN Bulletin and North American Actuarial Journal. His article on executive compensation for insurance firms has been shortlisted for the 2011 Lloyd's Science of Risk Prize (Behavioural Risk Category). |
