Mikael Petitjean

Mikael J. K. Petitjean is a Part-Time Full Professor of Finance (Professeur extraordinaire), specializing in market stability and asset management. He holds a four-year Bachelor’s degree in Economics from the University of Liège (Belgium), a Master’s degree in International Securities, Investment and Banking from the University of Reading (United Kingdom), and a Ph.D. in Management Science from the University of Namur (Belgium). He also holds the Habilitation à Diriger des Recherches (HDR) from Université Paris-Dauphine (France), in addition to several other academic diplomas and certifications.

He has authored dozens of peer-reviewed articles published in top-tier journals ranked by the CNRS (France) and the Academic Journal Guide (ABS). He currently serves as Associate Editor of Finance, the journal of the French Finance Association, where he was previously awarded the Best Article Prize. He has also served as Associate Editor for the Journal of Banking and Finance (Elsevier), among others. He held academic positions in institutions such as IESEG School of Management and Université Polytechnique Hauts-de-France. He is currently a part-time visiting professor at Ghent University. He is also known for his engagement in financial education, having contributed to online course development (e.g., EdX) and outreach programs on investment literacy.

A former member of Belgium’s Conseil Supérieur des Finances, he has provided expertise to various parliamentary hearings and commissions of inquiry, especially on topics related to financial stability and banking regulatory oversight.

In addition to his academic role, he is Chief Economist at Waterloo Asset Management, an investment advisory firm, and a board member of Sentometrics, a data science start-up that uses artificial intelligence to detect ESG controversies in real time. He also serves as an independent director in a cooperative banking institution, where he contributes to risk governance.

Prof. Petitjean holds two international designations: Financial Risk Manager (FRM), certified by the Global Association of Risk Professionals (GARP), and Chartered Alternative Investment Analyst (CAIA), issued by the CAIA Association.