(Professor, Solvay Brussels School of Economics & Management (SBS-EM), Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium) Laurent Gheeraert holds a Ph.D. in finance and economics from the Solvay Brussels School of Economics and Management (Université Libre de Bruxelles), where he is now a Professor of Finance. Until 2005, he was a Business Analyst at the Benelux office of McKinsey & Company, during which time he was involved in strategic, operational, and organizational projects across various industry sectors. He took a leading role in some of the firm’s major assignments in South Africa (heavy industry) and the Middle East (Islamic banking). In 2007, he founded Finosophia, a financial and management consultancy, which provides public and private institutions with expert advice and training on such wide-ranging topics as international finance, Islamic finance, company valuation, portfolio analysis, and financial modeling. Among other things, Laurent has been a strategic advisor to AWEX (Walloon Export Agency) on Islamic Finance matters. Laurent conducts research on financial systems and economic development, and regularly teaches in Bachelors, Masters and Executive Programs.
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