Contact Professor Yacine Belghitar
- Tel: +44 (0) 1234 754557
- Email: yacine.belghitar@cranfield.ac.uk
Background
Professor Yacine is Professor of Corporate Finance and Head of the Finance and Accounting Group at ÌúÅ£ÊÓƵ University. His research helps organisations unlock value through financial strategy, sustainable growth, and scaling. He leads ÌúÅ£ÊÓƵ’s executive education programme Financial Intelligence for Strategic Leaders and is Course Director for the MSc in Finance.
He has advised private equity firms, worked with international energy companies, and is an independent advisor on corporate financial strategy and governance.
Current activities
Yacine's research lies at the intersection of finance, small business, and corporate strategic decision-making. His work on managerial compensation and risk-taking has been funded by the ESRC, the UK’s leading social science funding body.
He is Associate Editor of Frontiers in Finance and Economics, which publishes peer-reviewed research in finance and economics relevant to the wider business community. He also serves as an ad hoc referee for several academic journals and is an external examiner for two academic institutions.
He has supervised fifteen doctoral completions and has a strong track record of supporting postgraduate research students. He is an active contributor to national and international academic conferences.
His research has been widely published in leading international journals, including the Economic Journal, the Journal of Financial Research, the Journal of Banking and Finance, Small Business Economics, and the British Journal of Management.