Nuno
Fernandes

Professor of Financial Management

• Ph.D. in Management (Finance), IESE Business School, University of Navarra
• Degree in Economics, Universidade Católica Portuguesa

Nuno Fernandes is Professor in the Financial Management Department. He is also Research Associate of the European Corporate Governance Institute, and the Managing Partner at Odgers Board Solutions, where he focuses on helping boards establish and maintain strong corporate governance. His particular areas of interest are mergers and acquisitions, corporate governance, climate finance, and financial strategies.

Before joining IESE Business School, he was the Dean of Católica Lisbon. In addition, for a decade he was Professor of Finance at IMD (Lausanne, Switzerland). At IMD, Professor Fernandes directed the Strategic Finance program, as well as other programs for major international companies. He was also a member of the advisory committee of the World Economic Forum. Over the last decade, Professor Fernandes has served as the Chairman of the Board of Auditors at the Portuguese Central Bank (Banco de Portugal), and Chairman of the Audit Committee at the European Investment Bank (Luxembourg).

Professor Fernandes holds a doctorate in Business Administration (Finance) from IESE Business School, and a degree in Economics from the Universidade Católica Portuguesa.

Professor Fernandes has received numerous teaching and research distinctions as an expert in valuation, international financial markets, and governance. He has published in some of the leading international academic journals, including the Journal of Financial Economics, Review of Financial Studies, Journal of International Business Studies, Journal of Financial Intermediation, Journal of Applied Corporate Finance, Journal of Portfolio Management, and Harvard Business Review. He is a speaker at business conferences around the world and a regular contributor to international media such as the Financial Times and Wall Street Journal. Professor Fernandes is also the author of several books and book chapters, including Finance for Executives: A Practical Guide for Managers (Second Edition), The Value Killers: How Mergers and Acquisitions Cost Companies Billions—And How to Prevent It, and his latest book Climate Finance.

Throughout his career, Professor Fernandes has advised the boards and C-suites of companies and financial institutions in Asia, Europe, America, and the Middle East on financial strategy, corporate governance, mergers & acquisitions, and sustainability.

His work has been awarded various awards and with a grant from the FDIC (US federal agency in charge of regulating financial entities). In 2008, he received the Lamfalussy Fellowship, an award given by the European Central Bank to the world’s best researchers in the field of finance. In 2015, he received the Best Paper of the Year Award in the Journal of Financial Intermediation. In 2022, he won the award as Outstanding Teacher in The Case Center’s global competition, also known as “the Oscars of business education”.

Areas of interest.

• Mergers and Acquisitions
• Corporate Governance
• Banking
• Financial Strategies
• Corporate Finance

Publications

Journal Articles (refereed)

FERNANDES, N., FICH, E. M. (2023). Are outside directors with greater board tenure valuable? Evidence from the last credit crisis. Journal of Accounting and Public Policy, 42 (1), Article 107037. doi:10.1016/j.jaccpubpol.2022.107037. FERNANDES, N., GONENC, H. (2016). Multinationals and cash holdings. Journal of Corporate Finance, 39, 139 - 154. doi:10.1016/j.jcorpfin.2016.06.003. FERNANDES, N., GIANNETTI, M. (2014). On the fortunes of stock exchanges and their reversals: Evidence from foreign listings waves. Journal of Financial Intermediation, 23 (2), 157 - 176. doi:10.1016/j.jfi.2013.04.005.

Working Papers

FERNANDES, N. (2020). Economic Effects of Coronavirus Outbreak (COVID-19) on the World Economy (WP-1240-E). CAMPA, J. M., FERNANDES, N. (2004). Sources of gains from international portfolio diversification (DI-559-E).

Books

FERNANDES, N. (2023). Climate Finance. NPV Publishing. FERNANDES, N. (2019). The Value Killers. How Mergers and Acquisitions Cost Companies Billions - And How to Prevent It. Basingstoke [England]: Palgrave Macmillan. FERNANDES, N. (2017). Finance for Executives: A Practical Guide for Managers. NPV Publishing.

Book Chapters

FERNANDES, N. (2017). Sovereign Wealth Funds. Investment Choices and Implications Around the World. In Douglas J. Cumming, Geoffrey Wood, Igor Filatotchev, Juliane Reinecke (Eds.), The Oxford Handbook of Sovereign Wealth Funds (pp. 322 - 349). Oxford: Oxford University Press. CONYON, M. J., FERNANDES, N., FERREIRA MA., MATOS, P., MURPHY K. J. (2013). The Executive Compensation Controversy. A Transatlantic Analysis. In Tito Boeri, Claudio Lucifora, Kevin J. Murphy (Eds.), Executive Remuneration and Employee Performance-Related Pay: A Transatlantic Perspective (pp. 11 - 116). Oxford: Oxford University Press. FERNANDES, N. (2010). Sovereign Possibilities. In International Corporate Governance Network (Ed.), International Corporate Governance Network Yearbook 2010 (pp. 22 - 24). International Corporate Governance Network.

Non-refereed articles

FERNANDES, N. (2021). How to capitalize on the coming M&A wave. Harvard Business Review Digital Articles. GUAL, J., FERNANDES, N. (2001). Perspectivas del sistema bancario europeo. El sistema bancario en el siglo XXI (89), pp. 6 - 14.

Cases

FERNANDES, N. (2021). Sony and the Activist Threat. IESE, F-970-E. FERNANDES, N. (2021). The International Airline Group Rights Issue. IESE, F-965-E.

Outputs in other media

FERNANDES, N. (2021). A Post-Truth World: Why Ronaldo Did Not Move Coca-Cola Share Price. Forbes. FERNANDES, N. (2020). Why The Chinese Regulators Were Right To Cancel Ant Financials’ IPO. Forbes. FERNANDES, N. (2020). Nuno Fernandes: “A banca europeia tem problemas sérios no horizonte”. Jornal de Negocios.