Visitors
CCF has proudly welcomed many of the world’s leading corporate finance scholars as keynote speakers over the years, reflecting the conference’s strong academic reputation and international reach.
2026
Alexander Wagner, Swiss Finance Institute, University of Zurich
Josef Zechner, WU Vienna
Alexander Ljungqvist, Stockholm School of Economics
Vojislav Maksimovic, Robert H. Smith School of Business, University of Maryland
2025
Erik Lie, University of Iowa
Greg Nini, Drexel University
Andrey Malenko, Boston College
Ron Giammarino, UBC
Nihat Aktas, WHU
Ron Masulis, UNSW
2024
Kasper Meisner Nielsen, Copenhagen Business School
Michael Ewens, Columbia Business School
Juanita Gonzalez-Uribe, London School of Economics
Daniel Metzger, Rotterdam School of Management
2023
Francois Derrien, HEC Paris
Daniel Paravisini, London School of Economics
Edith S. Hotchkiss, Boston College
Wei Jiang, Goizueta Business School, Emory University
2022
Rudiger Fahlenbrach, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL)
Ulrich Hege, Toulouse School of Economics
David T. Robinson, Fuqua School of Business, Duke University
Jarrad Harford, Foster School of Business, University of Washington
2019
Morten Sørensen, Copenhagen Business School
Tim Jenkinson, Saïd Business School, University of Oxford
Tobias Berg, Frankfurt School of Finance & Management
Laura T. Starks, McCombs School of Business, University of Texas
2018
Laurent Fresard, University of Lugano
Claudia Custodio, Imperial College London
Ralph Walkling, Drexel University
Jonathan Karpoff, University of Washington
2017
Daniel Ferreira, London School of Economics
Mariassunta Giannetti, Stockholm School of Economics
Michelle Lowry, LeBow College of Business, Drexel University
Gordon Phillips, Tuck School of Business, Dartmouth College
Oliver Spalt, Tilburg University
2015
Ludovic Phalippou, University of Oxford
Bo Becker, Stockholm School of Economics
Alon Brav, Duke University
Miguel Ferreira, Nova School of Business & Economics