Centre members constitute the research-active cluster of University of Edinburgh-based academics conducting research on innovations in the financial services and allied sectors. Active research streams include the development of artificial intelligence and distributed ledger technologies for applications in financial services, cryptocurrencies, sustainable finance, cybersecurity in financial services, design informatics, asset pricing, market microstructure, and economic sociology/philosophy. Members of the Centre broadly lead and contribute to the delivery of educational programmes and innovation projects in FinTech at the University of Edinburgh.

Galina Andreeva

Galina Andreeva

Personal Chair of Societal Aspects of Credit and Head of MSBE Group

Jake Ansell

Jake Ansell

Deputy Director of Research (KE and Impact) & Professor of Risk Management

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Emilios Avgouleas

Chair of International Banking Law and Finance

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Benjamin Bach

Lecturer in Design Informatics & Visualisation, Reader in Data Visualization and Design Informatics

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Leonidas Barbopolous

Professor of Finance, Deputy Head of Accounting and Finance Group

Vaishak Belle

Vaishak Belle

Reader in Logic and Learning

Maria Boutchkova

Maria Boutchkova

Lecturer in Finance

Raffaella Calabrese

Raffaella Calabrese

Personal Chair of Data Science, Director of the Fintech PhD Programme and Programme Director for Banking and Risk

Yi Cao

Yi Cao

Senior Lecturer In Management Science

Zexun Chen

Zexun Chen

Lecturer in Predictive Analytics

Theodor Cojoianu

Theodor Cojoianu

Senior Lecturer in Sustainable Finance

Jonathan Crook

Jonathan Crook

Emeritus Professor of Business Economics

Jo Danbolt

Jo Danbolt

Baillie Gifford Chair in Financial Markets

Yizhe Dong

Yizhe Dong

Senior Lecturer in Banking and Business Economics

Ronan Gallagher

Ronan Gallagher

Senior Lecturer in Finance

Angelica Gonzalez

Angelica Gonzalez

Senior Lecturer in Finance

Timothy Hospedales

Timothy Hospedales

Professor of Artificial Intelligence

Wenxuan Hou

Wenxuan Hou

Personal Chair in Corporate Finance

Gbenga Ibikunle

Gbenga Ibikunle

Centre Director, Professor of Finance

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Aggelos Kiayias

Professor of Cyber Security and Privacy

Markulf Kohlweiss

Markulf Kohlweiss

Senior Lecturer in Security and Privacy

Ewelina Lacka

Ewelina Lacka

Reader in Digital Marketing & Analytics

Belen Martin-Barragan

Belen Martin-Barragan

Reader in Management Science

Filippo Menolascina

Filippo Menolascina

Personal Chair of Engineering Biology

Maria Michou

Maria Michou

Senior Lecturer in Finance

Ben Moews

Ben Moews

Lecturer in Predictive Analytics

Fernando Moreira

Fernando Moreira

Senior Lecturer in Banking and Risk Management and Programme Director MSc Management

Adam Ntakaris

Adam Ntakaris

Lecturer in Financial Technology

Kwabena Nuamah

Kwabena Nuamah

Research Fellow, School of Informatics

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Valerio Restocchi

Lecturer in Business Applications of Informatics

Michael Rovatsos

Michael Rovatsos

Professor of Artificial Intelligence and Director of The Bayes Centre

Khaladdin Rzayev

Khaladdin Rzayev

Lecturer in Finance

Sotirios Sabanis

Sotirios Sabanis

Personal Chair of Stochastic Analysis and Algorithms

Ben Sila

Ben Sila

Senior Lecturer in Finance

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David Siska

Reader in the School of Mathematics

Taylor Spears

Taylor Spears

Lecturer in Financial Technology and Organisations, and Programme Director for MSc Finance Technology and Policy

Chris Speed

Chris Speed

Chair in Design Informatics

Luca Taschini

Luca Taschini

Chair in Climate Change Finance

John Vines

John Vines

Chair of Design Informatics

Jordana Viotto da Cruz

Jordana Viotto da Cruz

Lecturer in Entrepreneurship

Tong Wang

Tong Wang

Senior Lecturer in Business Economics