Kees Koedijk

Kees Koedijk is professor of Finance and head of department at the department of Ethics, Governance and Society of the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam. He is also Professor of Finance at Utrecht University and Distinguished Research Professor Shanghai University of Finance and Economics and Fellow of the Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR) London. Koedijk was Professor of Finance at Tilburg University (2007-2020), where he has also been Dean and Director of TIAS, Business School (2012-2019) and Dean of the School of Economics and Management of Tilburg University (2007-2012). He was Professor of Financial Management at RSM Erasmus University Rotterdam and Professor of Finance at Maastricht University, and also Senior Economist at the Research Department of De Nederlandsche Bank (Dutch Central Bank). Koedijk obtained his Ph.D. at Erasmus University Rotterdam. He is member of the board of supervisors of Fontys Hogescholen, and he was member of the investment committee of DSM Pension Fund, external advisor to the board of Stichting ABP, chairman of the supervisory board of mutual funds of ASN Bank and member and chairman of the “Council of Economic Advisors” of the House of Representatives of the Dutch Parliament” (REA, Raad van Economische Adviseurs Tweede Kamer). Next to these memberships he has been co-founder of the companies Global Property Research (GPR) (1994) and Finance Ideas (2004).