Victor Murinde

Professor of Global Finance and Director of the Centre for Global FinanceSOAS University of London

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Professor Murinde is AXA Professor of Global Finance and Director of the Centre for Global Finance at SOAS University of London. He holds BA (Mak), MSc (Wales), PhD (Wales), and Doctoris Honoris Causa (Tallinn). He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts (FRSA) and a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences (FAcSS). He is Principal Investigator of the DFID-ESRC Research Grant (ES/N013344/1) on “Inclusive Finance” for £2.01 million, for 2016-2020, leading a global consortium of prestigious universities. He served as Chair of the Africa Regional Standing Committee of the Econometric Society (2014-2018) and as the Founding Director of the Development Institute at the African Development Bank (2011-2014). His lecturing experience includes Makerere University, Cardiff Business School, University of Birmingham, SOAS University of London. He is a Visiting Professor at the University of Nairobi and he has also held visiting positions at many other universities around the world. Professor Murinde has provided advisory services to government, companies and international organisations, including the World Bank, the United Nations, UNCTAD, African Development Bank, and the Caribbean Development Bank. Has received generous research grants from the ESRC, European Commission, DFID, and the Leverhulme Trust. He is a member of the Governing Council of the British Institute in Eastern Africa (BIEA). Current research interests include: mega trends in global finance; financial technologies for inclusive finance; big data for innovative financing of enterprises; cross-border interbank markets; uncertainty and dynamics in a flow-of-funds framework; bank performance, risk and regulation.

Victor Murinde

Professor of Global Finance and Director of the Centre for Global FinanceSOAS University of London

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