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The Amsterdam Institute of Finance offers the Valuation program for finance professionals who are keen to refresh and sharpen their skills in company valuation taught by prof. Matti Suominen. A view from the classroom: The Valuation program has been a mainstay of the Amsterdam Institute of Finance for years, drawing finance professionals from diverse walks of life. We’re…

The Amsterdam Institute of Finance is proud to be a Knowledge Partner of the Dutch Leadership in Finance Summit 2022, a prestigious event for CFOs & Finance Professionals.  Partnering in events dedicated to ambitious executives contributes to the development of financial expertise and the success of organizations. Highly-trained professionals are enabled to continuously improve themselves, their careers,…

We are happy to announce that Ms Ilja Vrolijk has joined the AIF team as General Manager. Together with Paula, Marianne and Michelle she is keen to boost AIF’s portfolio and business propositions. Ilja has a substantial track record in working with organizations in the broad spectrum of financial services. She has centered her work around…

According to Dr. Eelco Fiole, while most commerce degrees address ethics, there aren’t many programs targeting leaders and executives, who face ethical dilemmas all the time. His Beyond ESG: purpose and sensemaking in complex finance program at Amsterdam Institute of Finance (AIF) is targeted at senior decision-makers and their advisors and supervisors in finance and…

Professor Paolo Fulghieri’s program on Initial Public Offerings (IPOs) at the AIF teaches participants about the public equity market, new developments and tools, and how to take advantages of opportunities from both the buy- and sell-side.   According to Professor Paolo Fulghieri, the international market for IPOs is cyclical, ebbing and waning depending on market trends and investor risk appetite. Paolo says the market has evolved quite dramatically in…

Professor Raghu Rau’s program on Financial Disruption at the AIF focuses on how technology is changing our world, disrupting entire industries in the process, and teaches participants to understand the implications and how to navigate them.  “Over the last 10 years, technology has been changing literally everything about our world. Over the space of the…

Chantal Korteweg says banks are embracing their societal role, prioritizing issues such as diversity and inclusion.  Chantal Korteweg, Director Inclusive Banking at ABN AMRO Bank, believes that banks have a role to play as agents of change and a societal duty to fulfil, beyond making profits. She is an advocate for diversity and inclusion and brings this focus to her position…

The strategy and behaviors you adopt to get people to help you achieve your goals should depend on the size and type of that interaction, suggests Prof. Marwan Sinaceur, Full Professor at ESSEC Business School in Paris, and a former professor at INSEAD for thirteen years. Marwan teaches a program on Leadership: Influencing People &…

Professor Moorad Choudhry’s online program Market, Credit & Operational Risk Management at Amsterdam Institute of Finance will teach participants to manage three critical areas of banking risk.  Professor Moorad Choudhry says while credit risk, market risk, and operational risk are “three different beasts”, senior managers within banks need to have a grip on all three, not to mention liquidity risk as well.  His banking risk course, aptly titled Market, Credit & Operational Risk Management, will…

Professor Cyril Demaria’s Private Equity program at the AIF will expose participants to core concepts of private equity and enable them to engage in this ever-shifting investment environment, with a special focus on the European market.  Professor Cyril Demaria originally set out to study a business degree, but his studies were interrupted by his mandatory military service, which was spent working…