Roméo Tédongap

Professor of finance at ESSEC Paris, Roméo TÉDONGAP is an academic expert specialized in financial market analysis, financial modeling, risk management, asset allocation, and behavioral finance. With more than twelve years of experience in research, teaching graduate courses, managing programs, and mentoring graduate students in finance, he speaks at various leading international seminars and conferences in economics, finance, and risk management. He also has solid consulting experience in the banking sector, particularly in microfinance, as well as for higher education institutions in Africa.

Roméo TÉDONGAP has several publications in highly-ranked scientific journals in finance, statistics, and econometrics. He was the co-winner of the best article award at the annual meetings of the European Financial Management Association (EFMA) in 2013. Graduate (Ph.D.) from the University of Montreal (Canada) and winner of the best thesis award in economics in 2008, he also holds an engineering degree in statistics and economics from the ENSEA of Abidjan (Côte d'Ivoire). His doctoral thesis was funded, among others, by the Montreal Institute of Mathematical Finance (IFM2) and the Centre for Interuniversity Research in Quantitative Economics (CIREQ).

His current work deals with the macro-financial implications of large-scale phenomena. Specifically, he focuses on the measurement, modeling, and rationalization of asymmetry, both in asset prices and in investors’ attitudes towards risk, in the presence of macroeconomic uncertainty and systemic changes. Roméo TÉDONGAP investigates the impact of such asymmetries on asset prices and investment decisions. These systemic changes range from those caused by economic and financial crises to those resulting from phenomena such as climate change, or events such as migrations, pandemics, etc. Many applications are related to the evaluation of ultra-long investments such as public infrastructure, climate, and energy transition. Roméo TÉDONGAP also demonstrates a strong research interest in the attractiveness of African stock markets and their impact on economic development and growth.

Diplomas

• 2008 : Ph.D. in Economics (Université de Montréal, Canada)
• 2003 : Engineer’s degree in Statistics and Quantitative Economics (École Nationale Supérieure de Statistique et d'Économie Appliquée (ENSEA), Côte d'Ivoire)
• 2000 : Bachelor’s degree in Mathematics, Specialization: Computer Science (University of Dschang, Cameroon)

Career

Full-time academic appointments

• 2017 - Present : Professor (ESSEC Business School, France)
• 2016 - 2017 : Associate Professor (ESSEC Business School, France)
• 2013 - 2015 : Associate Professor (Stockholm School of Economics, Sweden)
• 2007 - 2013 : Assistant Professor (Stockholm School of Economics, Sweden)

Other Academic Appointments

• 2016 - Present : Associate Researcher, Energy and Commodity Finance – Research Center (ESSEC Business School, France)
• 2021 - 2024 : Associate Dean for Research (ESSEC Business School, France)
• 2019 : Research visit (University of Dschang, Cameroon)
• 2018 : Research visit (University of Dschang, Cameroon)
• 2017 : Research visit (Goethe University Frankfurt, Germany)
• 2012 - 2015 : Research Associate (Swedish House of Finance, Sweden)
• 2013 : Research visit (Edhec Business School, France)
• 2013 : Research visit (J. Mack Robinson College of Business, Georgia State University, United States of America)
• 2011 : Research visit (Edhec Business School, France)
• 2011 : Research visit (INSEAD, France)
• 2010 : Research Visit (East Carolina University, United States of America)
• 2009 : Research visit (Escola de Pós-Graduacao em Economia, Fundacao Getulio Vargas (EPGE/FGV), Brazil)
• 2009 : Research visit, Economics Department (Duke University, United States of America)
• 2008 : Research visit (Fuqua School of Business, United States of America)
• 2004 - 2006 : Research Assistant, CIRANO and CIREQ (Université de Montréal, Canada)
• 2006 : Lecturer (Université de Montréal, Canada)

Professional appointments

• 2002 : Internship, National Institute of Economic Analysis (National Institute of Economic Analysis, Morocco)