Simona Zambelli

Simona Zambelli is Adjunct Professor at SAIS Europe. She is Full Professor of Finance at University of Florence and Director of International Relations of the Department of Economics and Management. She holds a PhD in Economics of Financial Intermediation from University of Siena (Italy); a degree in Economics with a legal focus from the University of Bologna (Italy); and a second postgraduate degree focused in Finance with a Mathematical Finance specialization (PCF), from the University of London, Birkbeck College (London). After specializing in financial regulation at the University of London (Birkbeck College, UK, as visiting research fellow) and in venture capital and financing innovation at Harvard University - Harvard Business School (Boston, MA, USA, as a post-doctoral fellow), she was visiting professor at the University of Leicester (UK), and IPAG Business School (Paris), as well as visiting researcher at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute –RPI (NY, USA), and York University - Schulich School of Business (Toronto, CA).

Before joining the University of Florence, Zambelli was Associate Professor at the University of Bologna (Italy), coordinating a wide number of International Bilateral Agreements and holding various institutional positions, such as the Director of the Business & Organizational Unit (RUOS) of the Department of Management at the Forlì Campus. She has published several articles in international journals, including, European Financial Management, International Journal of Management Reviews, and Journal of Banking and Finance, as well as books with publishers such as Oxford University Press, as well as written several international publications on: Private Equity Financing, Leveraged and M&A Acquisitions, and Corporate Governance in Private Equity.

Her main research interests refer to: Financing Innovation (Venture Capital, Crowdfunding, Private Equity, and Impact Investing), Neurofinance, Gender Diversity, and Woman Empowerment. For a recent curriculum vitae including a full list of publications, see personal website.