Curriculum

Academic Positions

Since February 2014 Associate Professor (Tenured - Titular) Universitat Pompeu Fabra

2011 -2020 Research Affiliate, Centre for Economic Policy Research, London

September 2011– February 2014 Assistant Professor (Tenure Track) Universitat Pompeu Fabra

2006–2011– Assistant Professor (Tenure Track) Università Commerciale L. Bocconi

2002– 2006 – Lecturer, Merton College, Oxford

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Non-Academic Positions

Since October 2023 - Economic Advisor at European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) for the Risk Standing Committee on Financial Stability and Orderly Markets

December 2021 - August 2023 - Economic Advisor (GEA) at European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA)

Since May 2018 - Associate, Oxera Consulting LLp, London

Since Nov 2015 - Director of the Summer School in Finance, Barcelona School of Economics

Since July 2015 - Director of the Master in Financial Economics, Barcelona School of Economics

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Doctoral and Pre Doctoral Studies

2002–2008– PhD in Finance, Oxford University, Saïd Business School, Oxford

2005-2006 – Visiting PhD, Financial Markets Group, London School of Economics

2000–2002 – M.Phil in Russian and Eastern European Studies, St Antony’s College, Oxford

1995 - Visiting Student, Politics Phil. Economics, Oxford University, Pembroke College, Oxford

1993–1998 – Laurea, Economics, University of Siena, Italy

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Ad Hoc Refereeing Activity

Journal of Financial Intermediation, Journal of Finance, Journal of Corporate Finance, European Economic Review, Journal of International Economics, Management Science, Journal of Financial Economics, Journal of Applied Econometrics, Journal of Empirical Finance, Journal of Banking and Finance, Journal of Monetary Economics

 

Other Academic Activities

2016 - 2020 - PhD in Finance Admission Officer

2014 - 2019 - PhD Placement Officer

2012-2015 - Organisation of finance seminars at Universitat Pompeu Fabra

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Advisory Board and Expert Advice, Conference Organization

2021 - Program Committee for European Finance Association Meetings (Barcelona)

2019 - Program Committee for European Finance Association Meetings (Nova Lisboa), Program Committee for SFS Cavalcade North America 2019

2018 - Program Committee for 2nd conference on Corporate Policies and Asset Prices (COAP) at Cass Business School

2017 - Program Committee for SFS Cavalcade North America 2018

2016 - Program Committee European Finance Association, Program Committee for SFS Cavalcade North America 2017

2015 - Academic Advisor at Tier One Exchange (Private Pan-European Bank Asset Marketplace), Program Committee European Finance Association, Research Grants Council Hong Kong, Agencia Nacional de Evaluación y Prospectiva (ANEP), Placement Officer at UPF

2014 - Euro Financial Intermediation Theory Conference @ London Business School on Loan Syndication (joint with Frederic Malherbe (LBS), Agencia Nacional de Evaluación y Prospectiva (ANEP), Placement Officer at UPF

2013 - Member of the Program Committee Financial Intermediation Research

Society (FIRS) Quebec 2014, Agenzia Nazionale di Valutazione del Sistema Universitario e della Ricerca (ANVUR)

2012 – Northern Finance Association Conference (Niagara Falls)

2011 – Canadian National Research Council, “PE/VC Partnership Agreements Study 2012-2013”, Ed. D.M. Toll, Thomson Reuters, Northern Finance Association Conference (Vancouver)

 

R&D projects funded through competitive calls of public entities
Name of the project: Mercados financieros, liquidez y asignación de recursos
•    Entity where project took place: Universidad Pompeu Fabra
•    Name principal investigator: Xavier Freixas Dargallo
•    Nº of researchers: 12
•    Funding entity or bodies: Ministerio De Economía Y Competitividad (Mineco)
•    Period 2015-2017
Name of the project: Grup de Finances i Comptabilitat
•    Entity where project took place: Universidad Pompeu Fabra
•    Name principal investigator: Xavier Freixas Dargallo
•    Nº of researchers: 10
•    Funding entity or bodies: Agencia Gestio Ajuts Universitaris I Recerca
•    Period: 2014 – 2016
Name of the project: Información asimétrica y asignación de recursos en los mercados financieros
•    Entity where project took place: Universidad Pompeu Fabra
•    Name principal investigator: Xavier Freixas Dargallo
•    Nº of researchers: 10
•    Funding entity or bodies: Ministerio De Ciencia E Innovación (Micinn)
•    Period: 2012 – 2014
 
Fellowships and Grants
2016 – Ramon y Cajal Fellowship (5 years)
2014 – SANFi Santander Financial Institute UCEIF award for research in banking
2012 – 2013 – Fellowship Beatriu de Pinos
2011 – Centre for Applied Research in Finance, Bocconi University, Research Grant [topic: Corporate Liquidity (with A. Perez)]
2008 – Centre for Applied Research in Finance, Bocconi University, Research Grant [topic: Financing Leveraged Buyouts (with P. Colla and H. Wagner)]
2006 – Centre for Applied Research in Finance, Bocconi University, Research Grant [topic: The Performance of Private Equity Funds in Italy (with S. Caselli and M. Garcia)]
2003 – 2005 – University of Oxford, Merton College, Lectureship
2003 – 2005 – University of Oxford, Scatchered Scholarship, PhD Scholarship
1998 – Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena, Dissertation Award
 

Teaching Activities
2016 – 2023 – Universitat Pompeu Fabra: Corporate Finance (IBE), Corporate Finance II (GRAU); Graduate at the BGSE Master in Finance: Applied Corporate Finance, Empirical Finance, at the BSM Master in Corporate Finance: Corporate Finance, Entrepreneurial Finance, at the Summer School in Corporate Finance: Corporate Finance Theory
2015 – 2016 – Universitat Pompeu Fabra: Corporate Finance (IBE), Corporate Finance II (GRAU); Graduate at the BGSE Master in Finance: Applied Corporate Finance, Empirical Finance, at the BSM Master in Corporate Finance: Corporate Finance, Entrepreneurial Finance, at the Summer School in Corporate Finance: Corporate Finance Theory, at IESE Business School: MBA 2nd Year – Real Option for the Valuation of Corporate Investments and Start-ups.
2014 – 2015 – IESE Business School: MBA 2nd Year – Real Option for the Valuation of Corporate Investments and Start-ups. Universitat Pompeu Fabra: Corporate Finance (IBE), Corporate Finance II (GRAU); Graduate at the BGSE Master in Finance: Business Valuation, at the BSM Master in Management: Entrepreneurial Finance, at the BSM Master in Corporate Finance: Corporate Finance
2013 – 2014 – Universitat Pompeu Fabra: Corporate Finance (IBE), Corporate Finance II (GRAU); Graduate at the BGSE Master in Finance: Business Valuation, at the BSM Master in Management: Business Plans and Valuation of Entrepreneurial
2012 – 2013 – Universitat Pompeu Fabra: Undergraduate Finance (IBE), Corporate Finance II (GRAU); Graduate at the BGSE Master in Finance: Corporate Finance II
2011 – 2012 – Universitat Pompeu Fabra: Undergraduate Finance (IBE), Corporate Finance II (GRAU)
2010 – 2011– Universitat Pompeu Fabra: Undergraduate (Corporate Finance I, 2nd Semester, Course Coordinator: Prof X. Freixas). Bocconi: Undergraduate (Financial Markets and Institutions, Code: 6055, BIEM, 1st Semester, Course Coordinator: G. Forestieri)
2009 – 2010 – Stockholm School of Economics: Undergraduate (Advanced Corporate Finance, 2nd Semester, Course Coordinator: Prof M. Burkhart). Universitat Pompeu Fabra: Undergraduate (Corporate Finance I, 2nd Semester, Course Coordinator: Prof X. Freixas). Bocconi: Undergraduate (Financial Markets and Institutions, Code: 6055, BIEM, 1st Semester, Course Coordinator: G. Forestieri), PhD (Corporate Finance I 1st Semester, Course Coordinator: F. Ippolito, H. Wagner).
2008 –2009– Bocconi: Undergraduate (Financial Markets and Institutions, Code: 6055, BIEM, 1st Semester, Course Coordinator: G. Forestieri), Graduate (Entrepreneurship, Finance and Innovation, Code 8204, Class 20 English, EMIT, 2nd Semester, Course Coordinator: L. Bottazzi, Investment Banking, Code: 8336, GM, 2nd Semester, Course Coordinator: C. Conti), PhD (Corporate Finance I 1st Semester, Course Coordinator: F. Ippolito, H. Wagner, Corporate Finance II, 2nd Semester, Course Coordinator: F. Ippolito, H. Wagner)
2007 – 2008 – Bocconi: Undergraduate (Economia dei Mercati Finanziari Internazionali, Code: 5103, CLEMIT, 1st Semester, Course Coordinator: F. Ippolito), Graduate (Entrepreneurship, Finance and Innovation, Code 8204, Class 20 English, EMIT, 2nd Semester, Course Coordinator: L. Bottazzi), PhD (Corporate Finance III, 2nd Semester, Course Coordinator: F. Ippolito, H. Wagner)
2005 – 2006 – Saïd Business School, Oxford: Masters in Financial Economics (Corporate finance, Teaching Assistant, Course Coordinator: Prof. Colin Mayer)
2004 – Saïd Business School, Oxford: MBA (Corporate Finance, Teaching Assistant, Course Coordinator: Prof. Jos Van Bommel)
2002 – 2006 – Merton College, Oxford: Microeconomics, Statistics, Corporate Finance
 

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