Victor Murinde

Professor Victor Murinde (PhD, FRSA, FAcSS, Fellow of the Econometric Society) holds the AXA Chair in Global Finance and is the Founding Director of the Research Centre for Global Finance, at the School of Finance and Management, SOAS University of London. He is a Fellow of the Econometric Society; a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts; he is also a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences. He has contributed over 100 research papers, mainly in the area of banking and finance. According to the UK Research Excellence Framework (REF2014), his research on “Shaping Bank Regulatory Reforms in Africa” was recognized for exceptional impact. He is the Principal Investigator of a DFID-ESRC Research Grant on “Inclusive Finance”, 2016-2021, leading a consortium of: SOAS University of London; University of Birmingham; Columbia University; University of Sussex; University of Nottingham; ODI London; University of Groningen; Laval University; University of Ghana, Legon; & the African Economic Research Consortium (AERC). His other roles include: Chair of Group C (Finance) for the AERC; Council Member of British Institute in Eastern Africa; and Visiting Professor of Financial Economics at the School of Economics, University of Nairobi. He was Chair, Econometric Society Africa Region Standing Committee, 2014-2018. Also, he was the founding Director of the African Development Institute, at the African Development Bank, 2011-2014.