Visitors

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