EDUCATION

PhD Finance University of Southampton, October 2011 – July 2015

MSc International Finance, Distinction University of Dundee September 2009 – September 2010

BA European Economy & Management Abertay University, Dundee September 2007 – June 2008

BSc Economics, Major in Finance Edutus University, Hungary September 2003 – June 2007

SOFTWARE/DATA SCIENCE SKILLS

Python - advanced 

LaTeX - advanced

PyCharm - intermediate 

STATA - intermediate 

SQL - basic

R - basic

Statistics/Econometrics - advanced

Bayesian Statistics - intermediate

Machine Learning - intermediate

NLP - intermediate

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Associate Professor of Finance Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh Aug 2023 – to present UK

Assistant Professor of Finance Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh May 2016 – to Aug 2023

• Developed and delivered scientific projects in the fields of Financial Risk Management (bubbles, crises, risk propagation/contagion, early warning systems) and FinTech/Blockchain Technology. 

• Designed and delivered courses for Students and Staff in Data Analytics, Coding, Research Methods and Banking. Supervised PhD, MSc and Undergraduate Dissertations to completion.

• In the capacity of Senior Programme Director, I restructured all of the Finance Programmes in order to improve the career prospects of students.

Adjunct Lecturer of Finance University of Southampton September 2015 – June 2016 UK

• Delivered courses at Undergraduate and Postgraduate levels in the topics of Investment and Research Methods.

Teaching Assistant University of Southampton September 2012 – June 2015 UK

• Delivered seminars at Undergraduate and Postgraduate levels in the topics of Portfolio Theory, Statistical Modelling in EViews, and Research Methods.

Visiting Researcher University of California, Santa Cruz March 2013 – June 2013 USA

• Developed a research project on early warning systems to detect risk contagion within the banking system, under the supervision of Prof David Draper, based in the Department of Applied Mathematics and Statistics (Jack Baskin School of Engineering), University of California, Santa Cruz.

Global Insurance Claim Manager Europ Assistance 2005 – 2007, Hungary

• Managed a Team of 15, organised complex repatriations and settled larger than six-figure insurance claims.

Finance Officer Accor Services 2003 – 2005 Hungary

• Book keeping and and preparing financial reports.

GRANTS AND AWARDS

• 2022: Philanthropic Funding in European and Financial Studies, £10,000

• 2021: Fellow of the Higher Education Academy, UK

• 2014: Overseas Institutional Visit Award, Economic and Social Research

Council (ESRC), UK, £4,800

• 2013: Google Scholar Award, International Society of Bayesian Analysis

Annual Conference, Duke University, Durham, NC, USA

• 2011-2014: ESRC PhD Studentship, University of Southampton, UK,

£48,000

• 2011-2014: Advanced Quantitative Methods Studentship, ESRC, UK, £3,000

PROFESSIONAL INTERESTS

• Econometrics (time series and panel regression, structural Vector Autoregression, co-integration, Principal Component Analysis, modelling volatility and seasonality, Bayesian (non-linear, regime-switching) regression), data science (Network Science, Machine Learning - supervised and unsupervised learning, NLP), but also curious about other aspects of data science such as web scraping, and manipulating and dealing with queries in SQL). Project management, business development and policy advice.

SKILLS AND PERSONAL INTERESTS

• Interpersonal communication and excellent presentation skills. Ability to explain difficult concepts to any audience (technical and non-technical). Ability to think strategically and manage a team. Comfortable interacting and working with different countries and cultures. Highly responsible, adaptable, fast learner and team worker. Ability to work under pressure and multitask.

• Reading, travelling, learning about other cultures, trekking, camping, swimming, DIY and amateur watercolour painting.