Chiara is a third year PhD candidate in Finance at Bangor Business school. Her doctoral studies are funded by the ESRC Wales 1+ 3 scholarship.

Her research interests lie in the area of empirical banking, financial regulations, and credit ratings.

Supervisors:  Prof. Owain ap Gwilym & Prof. Rasha Alsakka

Chiara is currently a  member of the Athena SWAN Self Assessment Team (SAT) at Bangor Business School. Throughout the academic year 2022/23, she served as a student representative for postgraduate research (PGR).

• MSc: Research Methodology
  2021
• MSc: Banking and Finance
  2018
• BSc: Economics
  2016

• Corporate Finance (ASB 2202/2203/3200)

Conferences attended:

• EFiC 2024 - Colechester July 2024
• 17th International Accounting and Finance Doctoral Colloquium (IAFDS ) - Naples June 2024
• BAFA IPSIG Doctoral Colloquium - Birmingham July 2023
• Welsh Postgraduate Research Conference (WPGRC) - Cardiff June 2023