Pedro Matos

John G. Macfarlane Family Chair and Associate Professor of Business Administration at Darden School of Business

Biography

Education: B.A., Universidade Nova de Lisboa; MS, IST Universidade Tecnica de Lisboa and INSEAD; Ph.D., INSEAD

Pedro Matos is an Associate Professor of Finance at the University of Virginia, Darden School of Business. His research focuses on international corporate governance and the growing importance of institutional investors in financial markets worldwide. His work has been published in the Journal of Finance, the Journal of Financial Economics and the Review of Financial Studies. It has been featured also in the press, including in The Economist, Financial Times, New York Times, Washington Post, Fortune and Forbes. His work has received numerous research grants and awards, including the Wells Fargo Award for Outstanding Research Publication and the Darden Multiyear Publications Award. He is a Research Associate at the European Corporate Governance Institute (ECGI).

At Darden, he has published numerous case studies and won the Wells Fargo Award for Excellence in Course Material Development. He previously taught at the University of Southern California, Marshall School of Business where he received a Golden Apple teaching award. He holds a B.A. in Economics from Nova University in Lisbon (Portugal) and a Ph.D. in Finance from INSEAD in Fontainebleau (France). Prior to his Ph.D., he worked with the Portuguese Ministry of Finance and consulted for the World Bank.

Darden School of Business

Pedro Matos is the academic director of the Richard A. Mayo Center for Asset Management, holds the John G. Macfarlane Family Chair in Business Administration and is a professor of business administration (Finance) at the University of Virginia Darden School of Business.

His research focuses on the growing importance of institutional investors in financial markets worldwide. His work has been published in top academic journals and featured in the press, including in The Economist, Financial Times, The New York Times, The Washington Post, Fortune and Forbes. Matos is a research associate at the European Corporate Governance Institute (ECGI), and his work has received numerous research grants and awards.

At Darden, Matos has published numerous case studies and has won the Wells Fargo Award for Excellence in Course Material Development (twice), the Wells Fargo Award for Outstanding Research Publication and the Darden Multiyear Publications Award. He previously taught at the University of Southern California Marshall School of Business, where he received a Golden Apple teaching award.

Matos holds a B.A. in economics from Nova University in Lisbon (Portugal) and a Ph.D. in finance from INSEAD in Fontainebleau (France). Prior to his Ph.D., he worked with the Portuguese Ministry of Finance and consulted for the World Bank.

ACADEMIC AREA

  • Finance

AREAS OF EXPERTISE

  • Asset Management, Investments, Corporate Governance, International Finance

Education

  • PhD INSEAD (2000 — 2005)
  • MSc Instituto Superior Técnico (1998 — 2000)
  • BA Nova School of Business and Economics (1993 — 1997)

Companies

  • Professor of Business Administration University of Virginia Darden School of Business (2018)
  • John G. Macfarlane Family Chair University of Virginia Darden School of Business (2017)
  • Associate Professor of Finance, Darden School of Business University of Virginia Darden School of Business (2011 — 2018)
  • Assistant Professor of Finance USC Marshall School of Business (2005 — 2011)
  • Economist, Public Debt Management Office Instituto de Gestao do Credito Publico (1997 — 2000)
  • Research Analyst Caixagest-técnicas De Gestão De Fundos Sa (1997 — 1997)

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Advancing knowledge through research that shapes business, Darden professors are recognized thought leaders in their fields. They are not only master case method teachers, they also author many of the cases used in Darden classrooms and around the world.

Pedro Matos'' cases are available in the Darden Business Publishing website.

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