Professor Gady Jacoby, Dean of the School of Economics, is an alumnus of the Hebrew University (Bachelor of Economics and Accounting and Master in Finance) and the Schulich School of Business at York University in Toronto (PhD). He joined the College of Management Academic Studies as the School’s Dean in October of 2021. Previously, Professor Jacoby served as Dean of the Asper School of Business at the University of Manitoba in Canada from 2018 to 2021 and before that as Associate Dean Research and Graduate Programs at the same institution.

He serves as a Subject Editor for Emerging Markets Review and in the Journal of International Financial Markets, Institutions and Money and as an Associate Editor for Finance Research Letters. He is also co-chair of Cross Country Perspectives in Finance (Special Issue Conference). Professor Jacoby’s research focuses on asset pricing, behavioral finance, sustainable finance, and international finance.