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Asli Demirguc-Kunt

Asli Demirguc-Kunt (Aslı Demirgüç-Kunt) is a Turkish-born economist who spent 33 years at the World Bank, ending as Chief Economist of its Europe and Central Asia Region.

Brian M. Lucey

Brian M. Lucey is an Irish economist, Professor of International Finance and Commodities at Trinity College Dublin, best known for research on gold's role as a hedge and safe haven.

Emmanuel Joel Aikins Abakah

Emmanuel Joel Aikins Abakah is a Ghanaian economist and Senior Lecturer in Finance at the University of Ghana Business School, known for research on green bonds and fintech.

Florencio Lopez-de-Silanes

Florencio Lopez-de-Silanes is a Mexican economist, Professor of Finance at SKEMA Business School, who co-founded the law and finance research program linking countries' legal origins to investor protection and financial market development.

Geert Bekaert

Geert Bekaert is a financial economist and professor at Columbia Business School, formerly at Stanford, known for research on financial liberalization, emerging markets, and volatility.

Linh Pham

Linh Pham is an American-based economist specializing in energy and climate finance, known for research on green bonds and clean energy stocks, and is an associate professor at Lake Forest College in Illinois.

Mark P. Taylor

Mark P. Taylor is an economist and former FX trader, professor of finance at Washington University in St. Louis and Olin Business School dean from 2016 to 2022.

Nawazish Mirza

Nawazish Mirza (Mirza Nawazish Elahi) is a French-based finance economist and full professor at Excelia Business School in La Rochelle, researching green finance and ESG.

Rafael La Porta

Rafael La Porta is an Argentine-educated economist, the Carney University Professor at Brown University, best known for the law and finance research program with Lopez-de-Silanes, Shleifer, and Vishny.

Stijn Claessens

Stijn Claessens is a Dutch financial economist who held senior roles at the World Bank, IMF, and BIS, and is an Executive Fellow at Yale.