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Sala, Carlo

Associate Professor, Department of Economics, Finance and Accounting at Esade
URL Associate Professor
Director acadèmic MSc in Finance, Master of Science in Finance
Investigador, Research Group in Economics and Finance

Education
  • PhD in Economics. University of Lugano
  • MSc in Banking and Finance. University of Lugano
  • BSc in Management. Università degli studi dell'Insubria

Biography
Carlo Sala is an Associate Professor of Finance in the Department of Economics, Finance, and Accounting at ESADE Business School. He also serves as the Director of the M.Sc. in Finance program.Carlo holds a Ph.D. in Finance from the Swiss Finance Institute SFI, earned at the University of Lugano Switzerland under the supervision of Professor Barone Adesi. In recent years, he has been invited as a visiting researcher at esteemed institutions including the University of Oxford UK, University of Oslo Norway, University of New South Wales Australia, Aalto Business School Finland, Laval University Canada, and the University of Milano Bicocca Italy.His research and publications primarily focus on option pricing, risk management, econometrics, and mathematical finance.At ESADE, Carlo teaches various courses, including Derivatives master, Asset pricing master and bachelor, Finance Theory Ph.D., Continuous and Discrete Pricing in Finance Ph.D., and Fintech Executive education. He also delivers courses for the European Union and other universities worldwide.Carlo is the co-founder of Kakubi and brings his expertise as a private consultant in the risk management sector. Among his notable achievements, he designed and implemented a CDS-based ad-hoc risk model for the Milan branch of the international fund CO.MO.I. Prior to this, he worked as a consultant in financial markets at Accenture and later as a quantitative analyst in the European gas and power market.

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Tel: +34 932 806 162
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Fax: +34 932 048 105