Dr. Nicos Koussis is an Assistant Professor of Finance at Frederick University and currently the Head of the Business Department. He holds a PhD in Finance from the University of Cyprus. Dr. Koussis has been awarded a first prize grant from the Cyprus Research Promotion Foundation for his PhD research, presented in numerous international conferences and has publications in high ranked refereed journals such as the Journal of Banking and Finance, European Journal of Finance, Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis, Journal of Empirical Finance and Annals of Operations Research. He also frequently acts as a referee to a number of high ranked journals. Dr. Koussis has been a visiting research fellow at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and has been a visiting instructor (reader) at the University of California, Berkeley at the Masters in Business Administration (MBA) and Masters in Financial Engineering programs. He has also previously lectured at the University of Cyprus and is currently teaching Finance courses at the undergraduate and graduate levels at Frederick University. Dr. Koussis’ area of expertise is real options with applications in Corporate Finance, Banking and Risk Management