Stefanos Zarkos

Dr. Stefanos Zarkos is a Professor in the Practice of Finance at Alba and the Academic Director of the Alba MBA and MSc in Finance. He has extensive teaching experience in Corporate Finance, Financial Management, Treasury Management, Financial Statement Analysis, and Strategy. His research focuses on innovative applications of real options in management decision-making, particularly in developing decision techniques to address challenges in Corporate Finance and Strategy. Dr. Zarkos previously taught Financial Markets and Institutions at the Manchester School of Management in the UK. He has worked as a business consultant and has authored several market reports on various sectors of the Greek economy. With many years of experience as a trainer in educational programs and seminars, he has collaborated with numerous domestic and multinational companies, including Philip Morris, Vodafone, TITAN, Eurobank, National Bank of Greece, Public, Novo Nordisk, Abbott, PepsiCo, Roche, Sunlight, and others. He is a member of the supervisory board of the Hellenic Association of Financial Managers (ΣΕΟΔΙ) and serves on its Automation and Digital Transformation Technical Committee. Dr. Zarkos has previously taught the subject of Financial Markets and Institutions at the Manchester School of Management and became a certified lecturer after successful completion of the teaching training program offered by the staff development unit of University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology. Dr. Zarkos has undertaken consulting work at Tegopoulos/ENET S.A. with main responsibilities the design of e-commerce applications in the financial services sector and the development of fundamental and technical analysis expert system available to internet. He has also provided consulting service to ICAP S.A in Athens and has produced several market reports in various sectors of the Greek economy. He is an associate member of the Chartered Institute of Marketing (CIM) and is also a part-qualified management accountant at the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA) in UK. He is Vice president of the Hellenic Association of Financial Managers and member of the supervisory board of ICAP.