Apostolos Kourtis is an Associate Professor in Finance and Head of the Finance Group at the University of East Anglia, where Apostolos has served since October 2010. Concurrently, Apostolos is a Visiting Professor for the MSc in Blockchain & Digital Currency at the University of Nicosia and a Visiting Research Fellow at Athens University of Economics and Business. Additionally, Apostolos has been appointed as an External Examiner at The Open University and previously held the same role at Essex Business School from March 2016 to September 2021. Apostolos Kourtis holds a PhD in Finance from Athens University of Economics and Business, an MSc in Applied and Computational Mathematics from the University of Oxford, and a BSc in Mathematics from Ethnikon kai Kapodistriakon Panepistimion Athinon.