Senior Research Economist, Macro Financial Analysis Division, Bank of England.

Senior Economist at the International Directorate

Economist at International Finance Division

Research Interests: International Finance, Empirical Finance, Applied Econometrics, Exchange Rates Economics.Advisors: Lucio Sarno, Ilias Tsiakas, and Pasquale Della Corte.Awards:- Best Paper Award at Spring Doctoral Conference 2010, Judge Business School, University of Cambridge- PhD Finance Scholarship 2007-2010

Advisor: Lucio Sarno

I worked jointly with the Head of FX Research (part of Goldman Sachs Global Economics Research division) on two projects. The first involved writing a paper on the analysis and evaluation of exchange rate misalignments. This involved the study of "equilbrium" exchange rate models that are used by policymakers and practitioners, such as the IMF-CGER models and Goldman Sachs GSDEER model. The second project was a study on the effectiveness of capital controls on foreign exchange market segmentation. Moreover, during my internships I participated to a number of client meetings.

Research assistant to Prof. Monica Billio and Prof. Loriana Pelizzon. The project was about measuring dynamic risk exposure of hedge funds to various risk factors during different marketvolatility conditions using a regime-switching beta model.