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Prof Francesca Medda
Professor of Applied Economics and Finance
Dept of Civil, Environ &Geomatic Eng
Faculty of Engineering Science
- Joined UCL
- 1st Jan 2005
Research summary
Asset Allocations
Digital Finance
Fintech and Digital Application
Sustainable Investment & Alternative Assets
Infrastructure Investment
Impact investment and Innovative Financial Mechanisms
Financial Portfolio Optimization
Public and Private Partnerships
Teaching summary
Program Director: Venture Capital and Private Equity with Fintech
Biography
Director UCL INSTITUTE of FINANCE & TECHNOLOGY
Francesca Medda
She is Professor ofApplied Economics and Finance at the University College London (UCL). She isthe Founder and Director of UCL Institute of Finance and Technology. From2020, she is coordinating the digital strategy in the Italian Financial Conduct and Supervisory Authority, Consob. She is leading inConsob, three main projects on the digitalisation of supervisory activities. Sheis also coordinating the group dedicated to the Consob regulatory sandbox andshe is one of the member of the Italian Fintech Committee. Her researchfocussed mainly on innovative finance and technology, sustainable finance andimpact investments. Her work is published in leading academic and practitionerjournals. Since 2012 she has served as economic adviser to the UK Ministry of Environmentand Agriculture (Defra) and the UK Ministry of Finance (HMTreasury).Since 2016,she has been Vice-President of the UK Parliamentary and Scientific Committee.She has worked actively with the private and public sector, including TheEuropean Investment Bank, The World Bank, UNESCO, UNHabitat. Professor Meddahas hold several research grants of more than £15m, two of which pertain to theapplication of complexity analysis in the real world.