Jan Simon
professor
Financial Management
IESE Business School Universidad de Navarra
Spain
Biography
Jan Simon teaches capital markets, investments, alternative investments and sports management in IESE's MBA program. Additionally, he is section head for international MBA students. Prof. Simon earned his MBA from IESE and his law degree from the Katholieke Universiteit of Leuven, Belgium. He also holds a postgraduate degree in investment advice from EHSAL Brussels, Belgium, and his Ph.D. at the University of Essex, U.K. Before joining academe, Prof. Simon worked as executive director for Goldman Sachs, helping to set up the pan-European sales trading desk in London. Prior to that, he was vice-president and co-head of Salomon Brother's emerging markets trading desk in London. Prof. Simon is co-writer of the website BankCV.com, which won the Association of Business School Award for New Business and was short-listed for the Computer Weekly Award in the start-ups category in 2001. He serves on the board of management of several start-up companies.
Research Interest
Areas of Interest * Investments * Alternative investments * Capital markets * Sports management * Sports finance
Publications
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MartÃnez Abascal, Eduardo; Fernández, Pablo; Simon, Jan, "An Introduction to the Stock Market", IESE, FN-423-E, 07/1997
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Guasch J.; MartÃnez Abascal, Eduardo; Simon, Jan, "Debt Markets", IESE, FN-490-E, 05/2008
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Rahnema Alavi, Ahmad; Simon, Jan; Seager, Phil, "Corporate and Entrepreneurial Finance: Moving Your Business from Back of the Envelope to Front of the Class". In: Mike Rosenberg and Philip H. Seager. Managing Media Businesses: A Game Plan to Navigate Disruption and Uncertainty. Switzerland: Palgrave Macmillan; Springer International Publishing, 2017. pp 183 - 204
