Blaise Allaz

Blaise Allaz is professor of finance.

Blaise Allaz received his Ph.D. in Economics from Princeton University in 1987. He also holds a M.A. degree from Queen’s University (Canada) and a Bachelor degree from the University of Lausanne. He served as chairman of the HEC Finance & Economics Department (1996-99) and was the HEC Dean of Faculty & Research from 1999 to 2003.

His research and teaching interests focus on international financial markets and the strategic use of forward contracts in a noncompetitive framework. He is the author with Bernard Dumas of «Financial Securities: Market Equilibrium & Pricing Methods» (Chapman & Hall), the French version of which (PUF 1995) was awarded the 1997 HEC Foundation Prize for best professors’ textbook.

EDUCATION

• 2005 International Teachers Programme, SSE Stockholm - Sweden
• 1987 Ph.D. in Economics, Princeton University - USA
• 1982 Master in Economics, Queen's University - Canada
• 1979 Licence in Economics, Université de Lausanne - Switzerland

ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS

Academic responsabilities at HEC

• 2020- Member of GREGHEC, the joint research laboratory CNRS-HEC Paris HEC Paris
• 2012-2016 Director of the GREGHEC - UMR CNRS 2959 HEC Paris
• 2011-2016 Associate Dean for Research HEC Paris
• 2011-2012 Energie et Finance Professor (Deloitte - Société Générale) HEC Paris
• 2007-2009 Groupe Caisse d'Epargne ChairHEC Paris
• 2006- Professor, Finance HEC Paris
• 2004-2006 Co-scientific director, Mastère de Gestion Financière (Executive Program) HEC Paris
• 1991-2006 Associate Professor HEC Paris
• 1999-2003 Dean of Faculty and Research HEC Paris
• 1996-1999 Head, Finance and Economics Department HEC Paris

External Academic Responsabilities

• 1995-1998 Invited Professor, Central Bankers Program, Studienzentrum Gerzensee Swiss National Bank
• 1991-1992 Invited Professor (course of Financial theory) Université de Lausanne