Professor Iftekhar Hasan holds the title of University Professor at Fordham University and serves as the E. Gerald Corrigan Chair in Finance at the Gabelli School of Business at Fordham University. Prof Hasan serves as a scientific advisor at the Central Bank of Finland and as a fractional faculty member at the University of Sydney. Prof Hasan is the managing editor of the Journal of Financial Stability and the co-editor of Financial Markets, Institutions and Instruments. His research interests encompass financial institutions, corporate finance, capital markets, and emerging economies, with a focus on interdisciplinary questions and public policy issues. He has published extensively across all business disciplines and ranks highly among financial economists, according to Google Scholar, Research.com, and ScholaGPS, etc.