Stavros Zenios
Stavros A. Zenios is Professor of Operations Management and Finance at Durham University and a Member of Academia Europaea. He is also a Non-resident Fellow of Bruegel (Brussels), Professor of Finance and Management Science at the University of Cyprus, and a Member of the National Academy of Cyprus.
Stavros A. Zenios is Professor of Operations Management and Finance at Durham University and a Member of Academia Europaea. He is also a Non-resident Fellow of Bruegel (Brussels), Professor of Finance and Management Science at the University of Cyprus, and a Member of the National Academy of Cyprus.
He authored two books and numerous articles in leading international journals in risk management, financial engineering, and management science. He is currently working on sovereign debt sustainability issues, including the effects of climate change and the pricing of political risks. His work on personal financial planning received the 2006 EURO Excellence in Practice Award, and he also received awards for work on the performance of financial institutions. He was awarded twice Marie Sklodowska-Curie fellowships by the European Commission. His work on financial modeling and robust optimization is cited extensively, and his book Practical Financial Optimization (Blackwell-Wiley) is used in advanced classes in European and North-American Universities. His book with Patrick Harker on the Performance of Financial Institutions (Cambridge University Press) was translated in Chinese, and in 1997 he received the INFORMS prize for his book with Yair Censor Parallel Optimization (Oxford University Press).
He served two terms as Rector of University of Cyprus, where he was the first Dean of the School of Economics and Management, and as president of UNICA-Universities of the European Capitals. He was vice-chairman of the Cyprus Council of Economic Advisors and on the Board of the Central Bank of Cyprus. He consulted extensively with international institutions and commercial enterprises, such as the World Bank, the European Stability Mechanism, Bank for International Settlements, Union Bank of Switzerland, METLIFE Insurance, among others.
