Nikolaos Tessaromatis, Professor of Finance, EDHEC Business School

Nikolaos Tessaromatis is a Professor of Finance at EDHEC Business School and a member of the EDHEC Risk Institute. At EDHEC Business School he served as Director of the PhD in Finance and Director of the MSc Risk and Finance at the London campus.

Prior to joining EDHEC Business School, Dr Tessaromatis held senior positions in asset management in London and Athens. He was CEO and CIO of EDEKT Asset Management, the leading fiduciary manager of Greek pension funds. Before EDEKT, he was Director of Investments at ATE Finance, Principal and Head of Research and Product Development at Gartmore Investment Management, Associate Director at Nat-West Investment Management and Senior Quantitative Analyst at Hermes Investment Management. A financial economist with interest and experience in applying modern portfolio theory to the management of institutional assets, his professional experience includes creation and management of quantitatively driven investment products, index fund management, portfolio risk management and advice on strategic asset allocation.

He taught at Warwick Business School, ALBA Graduate Business School and the Yale School of Management-EDHEC-Risk Certificate in Risk and Investment Management. He was Chairman of the Board of Directors, School of Education of Employees at the Greek Ministry of the Economy, a Member of the General Assembly of the International Hellenic University (IHU) and Chairman of the Committee for the creation of a new framework for managing public pension fund reserves, Greek Ministry of Labour and Social Security.

His research and teaching focuses on pension fund asset-liability management, global investment strategies, fund manager selection and risk management. He holds graduate degrees in Economics and Mathematics and Statistics, a master's degree in Finance and Investments and a PhD in Finance from Manchester Business School.