Garen Markarian

Garen Markarian is an international scholar specializing in corporate finance and governance, currently based in HEC Lausanne. He has taught at the WHU, IE Business School, HEC (Paris), Bocconi, University of Iowa, Concordia, Rice, and Case Western Reserve. Dr. Markarian has extensive research on governance mechanisms, executive compensation, the banking crisis, and financial statements and valuation. His numerous publications have received awards both from the American Finance Association and the American Accounting Association, and been mentioned in the Financial Times, Washington Post, Bloomberg, and CFO magazine. Previously, he was a consultant for Standard & Poor’s "Society of Industry Leaders", for starts-ups and private equity. Moreover, he was the first regional economic officer for the United Nations headquarters in Western Asia. He earned an MBA from McNeese State University and a Ph.D. in Management from Weatherhead School of Management at Case Western Reserve University.