Dr. Ilias Visvikis holds a B.Sc. in Business Administration from University of Aegean, Greece, a M.Sc. in International Financial Markets from University of Southampton, a M.Sc. in International Shipping from University of Plymouth, and a Ph.D. in Finance from City University Cass Business School, London. His doctoral thesis was financially supported by the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) and Ministry of Economy and Finance of Greece, under the Euro-Atlantic Partnership Council Research Fellowship.
He is elected as an Assistant Professor of Finance and is the Academic Director of the MBA in Shipping Program at ALBA Graduate Business School, Greece. He has lectured at the Hellenic Open University, Erasmus University Rotterdam, Cyprus International Institute of Management (CIIM) and University of Piraeus and tutored in City University Cass Business School.
He has teaching and research interests in the areas of financial and shipping derivatives, shipping finance and investments. His research work has been published in international refereed academic journals and practitioner magazines, in the areas of finance and shipping, like the Journal of Banking and Finance, European Journal of Finance, European Financial Management Journal, International Journal of Forecasting, Review of Derivatives Research, Derivatives Use Trading & Regulation, Transportation Research-Part E Logistics and Transportation Review, International Journal of Transport Economics, Maritime Policy and Management, Lloyd’s Shipping Economist, amongst others.
His research work on shipping and financial markets has also been presented extensively in international academic and business conferences held in the USA, UK, Mexico, Panama, Greece, Turkey, Korea, Finland, Switzerland, Cyprus, Germany, Australia, amongst other countries. He is also the co-author of the first comprehensive book published in the area of risk management and derivatives in shipping.
He has held posts in the Central Securities Depository of Greece and in the derivatives market of the Athens Exchange. At the same time, he has provided consultancy and executive training services to companies in the areas of shipping finance and risk management. Finally, he was the chairman of the Annual Conference of the International Association of Maritime Economists (IAME), which was organized for the first time in Athens, Greece during 2007 (www.iame2007.org).