Paraskevi Boufounou, Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens and coordinator of the MBA
Dr. Paraskevi Boufounou is Assistant Professor of Development Finance at the Department of Economics, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens. She is the Coordinator of the MBA Strategic Management and Competitiveness offered by the Dept. of Economics (NKUA)
Prof. Boufounou holds an Honours First Class Bachelor Degree in Economics from the National & Kapodistrian Univ of Athens (scholarship during studies), a Master of Philosophy (M.Phil) in Economics from the Univ of Dundee (UK) and a Ph.D in Economics with High Distinction from the National & Kapodistrian Univ of Athens (teaching assistant scholarship during Ph. D. studies).
She has a wide range of Academic experience i.e. teaching at the Undergraduate and Postgraduate level in various Greek and Foreign Universities, and research experience in cooperation with Greek and International public and private research Institutions and Universities (M.A. Banking HOU, M.Sc Mathematical Modelling in Cotemporary Sciences and Economics- NTUA, ect). She has numerous publications and her recent research interests are focused on the fields of development finance with specialization to innovative instruments for financing development (crowdfunding, green bonds, etc), financial systems for optimizing managerial efficiency, improving investment environment and investment implementation, cost-benefit analysis for socio-economic evaluation of investment decisions and policy measures.
Furthermore, she has a long standing career (more than 30 years) in the Banking/Financial Sector, during which she was appointed top executive managerial positions, both in private and public sector, embracing the full spectrum of financial services, indicatively including: President of “Invest in Greece” (the official agency of the Greek state, under the auspices of the Ministry of Economy and Development, to promote investment in Greece, to attract FDIs and make Greece more attractive as an international business partner), Senior Economic Advisor to the Chair of the Board of National Bank of Greece and to the Chair of the Hellenic Bank Association, Special Economic Advisor to Greek Ministers, General Manager of Commercial Leasing (subsidiary of Commercial Bank of Greece), Director of Commercial Securities (subsidiary of Commercial Bank of Greece), senior executive of the Strategic Planning Department of the Commercial Bank of Greece.