Teaching

Assistant Professor (2023) in Corporate Finance @ Universidad de los Andes, Bogotá

This course is designed to familiarize students with the principles of financial management. Particular emphasis is placed on investment selection criteria, risk/return, the financial asset pricing model and cost-of-capital evaluation. Capital structure is also analyzed, as well as distribution policy and a company's financial distress situation.

Master Thesis Supervision (2022-2023) in the Master of Science and Investments in Finance @ Erasmus University Rotterdam

The thesis trajectory at Erasmus University consists in four different stages, the topic selection (orientation), the research skills, the master thesis proposal and the master thesis. I am involved in the two last part of the trajectory. From the thesis proposal to the master thesis the students have four meetings (plus one optional) with their supervisor about, the research idea, a draft proposal, a thesis draft and the final document of the thesis. The topics I have to supervise are mostly related to corporate finance and political connections. For example, they vary from the impact of lobbying on R&D expenditures to firms’ abnormal returns when they have politicians on their board. (Last available students' evaluation: 4.75/5)

Topics 2022-2023 :

• The effect of lobbying on innovation: The moderating role of subsidies

• Corporate bond yield: The effect of political connections

• Political Connections of GPs & Private Equity Fund performance

• Corporate lobbying and M&A performance

• The benefits of being wealthy and well-connected during the coronavirus pandemic

• Cross-Sectional Event Study into the presence- and sources of US politicians’ Abnormal Returns

Teaching Assistant (2020-2023) in Business Game - 3rd year Bachelor degree in Economics @ UCLouvain Saint-Louis Brussels

Students are assigned, in groups of 3 to 5 students, to manage a (virtual) company that has just suffered a fire for a period of two years. The managers will have to make a wide range of decisions (finance, marketing, operational management or human resources) in order to ensure the sustainability of their firm. In this regard, the management team will have to interact with many actors (banker, union, board of directors) and will be led to justify its decisions by e-mails, reports, advertising campaign... This course is structured around a presentation session of the simulation, 8 decisions (8 quarters) that the students have to make independently and an oral defense session of their management. (Last available students' evaluation: 4.6/5)

Teaching Assistant (2016-2023) in Economics I - 2nd year Bachelor degree in Law and Literature @ UCLouvain Saint-Louis Brussels

The objective of this course is to provide students with a general knowledge and basic understanding of fundamental economic issues and mechanisms. At the end of this course, students will be able to explain why people in some countries enjoy better living conditions than others; to understand how a market economy works, its advantages and disadvantages, and the role that the state can play in it; and to develop an argument based on empirical and theoretical elements to evaluate public policies. The course emphasizes an intuitive understanding of theory through applications to major societal challenges and an analysis of current debates. Students will learn to put the concepts developed in the course into perspective during practice sessions and through further reading.