MSC FINANCE & ACCOUNTING FACULTY ROSTER

MSc in FINANCE and ACCOUNTING FACULTY ROSTER 2010-2011
 
RECTOR - Dr. MENTZENIOTIS, Dionysios, Professor
Ph.D. in Foundations and Philosophy of Mathematics, London School of Economics, U.K.; M.A. in Mathematics and Logic, , London School of Economics, U.K.; B.A. in Economics, University of Athens, Greece.
 
DEPUTY RECTOR - Dr. GIAKOUMIS, Konstantinos, Professor
Ph.D. in Byzantine, Ottoman and Modern Greek Studies, University of Birmingham, UK; B.A. in Paedagogical Studies, University of Athens, Greece.
Dr. K. Giakoumis is a Deputy Rector at UNYT and a Honorary Research Fellow at the Centre for Byzantine, Ottoman and Modern Greek Studies, University of Birmingham, U.K.
 
PROGRAMME DIRECTOR - Dr. MILUKA, Juna, Assistant Professor of Economics.
Ph.D. in Economics, American University, Washington, DC, USA; BA Suma Cum Laude in Business Economics, University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire, USA.
Dr. Miluka’s fields of concentration are in Development Economics and Comparative Systems. Dr. Miluka’s research includes issues on migration, education, gender, inequality, labor market, and agriculture. She has also been a Marie Currie Fellow conducting research on migration at the University of Rome 2, Tor Vergata, Italy. Dr. Miluka has published articles in journals such as Agricultural Economics and Journal of Developmental Studies. She has worked as a consultant on issues of migration, poverty, and gender for organizations such as the World Bank, International Organization of Migration, and Millennium Challenge Corporation. 
 
FACULTY: 
 
CIRKO-TERPO, Ledia, Adjunct Lecturer. 
CFA, M.A. in Finance, Brandeis University, U.S.A.; B.S. in Finance and Accounting, University of Tirana.
Ms. L. Cirko-Terpo is currently the Operations Officer of IFC’s Advisory Services in Southeast Europe.
 
Dr. DHUCI, Orfea, Adjunct Professor of Finance and Accounting.
Ph.D in Economics, M.A. in Economics, B.A. in Finance, Tirana University.
Orfea Dhuci is an expert in the banking industry. He is a member of the Albanian Accounting Committee; he has been Chairman of  Supervisory Board, Tirana Stock Exchange (TSE), Assistant Manager, and from 1997 to date he is Assistant Manager of Alpha Bank, Albania. Orfea has published a monograph on Exchange Rates’ Risk Management and many textbooks, such as “Money and Financial Institutions”, “Bank Management 1”, “International Finance”, etc.
 
Dr. FALTER, James, Professor of Finance and Accounting.
D.B.A., Nova Southeastern University, U.S.A.; M.B.A., University of Toledo, Spain; B.S. in Business Administration, Miami University, U.S.A.
Professor Falter is a Fulbright Scholar and teaches Corporate Finance, Investments, Portfolio & Security Analysis. Focusing his research on investor behavior in financial markets, stock market efficiency and financial institutions, Dr. Falter has several articles published in annual proceedings of the Midwest Finance Association, Southern Finance Association and the Southwest Finance. Additionally, he has served as topic chair and on the program committee for the Midwest Financial Association. Additionally, he serves as a reviewer for McGraw-Hill Publishing on the topic of “Behavioral Finance and “Investments on books pertaining to corporate finance and investments.
Dr. Falter holds the industry designation of Certified Financial Planner (CFP) and is a Level III Candidate for the Chartered Financial Analyst Designation (CFA). He is a member of the Financial Planning Association, the Midwest Finance Association, Financial Executives International and the Federation of Business Disciplines.
Dr. Falter consults and conducts seminars on financial management, investment planning and budgeting. Dr. Falter began his business experience with two national corporations, Cigna and Aetna, specializing in financial analysis and underwriting of group benefits. He has consulted for several regional organizations including the Ohio Fire Chiefs Association, the American Lung Association, First National Bank, and the Yankton Area Training Council.
 
GJIKA, Keler, Adjunct Lecturer in Finance. 
CFA; M.A. in Economics, Reykjavik University; B.S. in Finance & Accounting, University of Tirana.
Keler is Deputy Chairman of the Albanian Financial Supervisory Authority nominated by the Parliament of Albania.
 
Dr. GJINI, Nertila, Professor 
D.Sc. in Mathematics, University of Kyoto, Japan; B.Sc. in Mathematics, University of Tirana.
Publishing regularly in international peer-reviewed journals, Nertila lectures a variety of Mathematical and Statistics courses.
 
Dr. HOLLAND, Trygve Ben, Professor of European Law.
Ph.D. in European Law, Europa-Institut Saarbrücken, Germany; LLM in European Law and Economics, Europa-Institut Saarbrücken, Germany; HWP in Law and Economics, Hamburg University, Germany.
Dr. Trygbe Ben Holland is a specialist in European Law and Economics. His teaching experience includes assignments at the European University in Cologne, Germany, at the University of Public Administration, Germany, at Hanzehogenschool Gronigen, the Netherlands, as well as the University of Tambov, Russia. He is author of a number of Law commentaries and also held the European Commision’s POROS Chair in European Law at ILC Pune, India.
 
Prof. Dr. KOLANECI, Fejzi, Professor
D.Sc. in Mathematics, University of Tirana; M.Sc. in Mathematics, University of Tirana; B.Sc. in Mathematics, University of Tirana. Member of London Mathematical Society. Fejzi has been Scientific Secretary for Natural and Technical Sciences at the Albanian Academic of Sciences. With numerous publications in international peer-reviewed journals and conference papers, he lectures a variety of Mathematical and Statistics courses.
 
Dr. KUKELI, Agim, Professor in Economics.
Ph.D. in Economics, Colorado State University, US; M.A. in Economics, Colorado State University, US; B.Sc. in Agriculture, University of Korça, Albania. Dr. Kukeli is actually Rector of “Aleksander Mojsiu” University; he has been lecturer of Economics at Mesa state College. Department of Business Administration, in Grand Junction, Colorado; Instructor at Colorado State University, Department of Economics, Fort Collins, Colorado.
 
RAWAT, Singh Mahendra, Adjunct Assistant Professor in Finance.
M.S. in Management and Finance, Benares Hindu University, India; M.A. in Economics, Garhwal University, India; CAIIB from Indian Institute of Bankers, Mumbai, India; Diploma in Commodity Management from Wellinger Institute of Management, Mumbai, India.
Mahendra is currently a C.E.O. of International Commercial Bank, Albania. At UNYT, Mahendra teaches advanced courses in Finance and Banking.
 
VARLEY, Claude, Adjunct Assistant Professor.
Diplôme de Licensié en Sciences Commerciales et Consulaires, I.H.E.C., Belgium; Diplôme de Candidat en Sciences Commerciales, I.H.E.C., Belgium. A former President of Societé de Boissons Gazeuses de la Côte d’ Azur – Sud-Boissons (Coca-Cola Bottling Group, France), Claude Varley has been teaching Accounting for several years at the University of Southern Europe, Monaco, IUKB and NYC Group (in the frame of its M.B.A. programme). 
 
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