Patrice PONCET

Distinguished Emeritus Professor
department: Finance
Campus de Cergy
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Corporate Finance – Investments & Asset Pricing – Financial Markets & Institutions
Biography

Patrice Poncet, MBA, ESSEC Business School, Master in Private Law, University of Paris Panthéon-Assas, and Ph.D. in Finance, Northwestern University (Kellogg School of Management), was Professor of Finance at the University of Paris-Panthéon-Sorbonne and is currently Distinguished Professor of Finance at ESSEC Business School. He was a visiting Professor at New York University (Stern School of Business), member of the Board of the Parisian Stock Option Market, member of the Scientific Committee of the Research Foundation of the Bank of France and of the Scientific Committee of INSEE’s Research Center, and financial expert at the Versailles Court of Appeal. Currently a consultant to financial institutions and Honorary President of the French Finance Association, he is also a member of AMF’s Scientific Committee and serves in the board of several academic journals. He has co-authored twelve books and has published more than sixty scientific or professional papers. He holds the Palmes Académiques Distinction.

Diplomas
  • 1977: Ph.D. en Finance (Northwestern University United States of America)
  • 1982: Agrégé des Universités ( France)
  • 1970: Maîtrise de Droit Privé (Université Paris 2 Panthéon-Assas France)
  • 1970: MSc en Management (ESSEC Business School France)
Career
Full-time academic appointments
  • 2021 – Now : Distinguished Emeritus Professor (ESSEC Business School France)
  • 2009 – 2021 : Distinguished Professor (ESSEC Business School France)
  • 1987 – 2014 : Finance Professor (Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne France)
  • 1983 – 1987 : Professor (Université Strasbourg I France)
  • 1982 – 2009 : Professor (ESSEC Business School France)
  • 1979 – 1982 : Associate Professor (ESSEC Business School France)
  • 1972 – 1979 : Assistant Professor (ESSEC Business School France)
Other Academic Appointments
  • 2014 – 2017 : Chaired Professor and co-director (with Gérard Békerman, President of the AFER) of ESSEC Finance Chair (ESSEC Business School France)
  • 1983 : Visiting Professor of Finance (New York University United States of America)
Professional appointments
  • 1991 – 2018 : Consultant (Société Générale France)
  • 1987 – 1991 : Option consultant (Delahaye-Ripault France)

Awards

  • 2006 : Chevalier des Palmes Académiques
  • 1999 : Honorary Président, French Finance Association (AFFI)
  • 1998 : Who’s who in Finance and Industry

Books

Journal articles

Presentations at an Academic or Professional conference

Book chapters

Conference Proceedings

Working Papers

  • 2008 – 2012 Exotic options, infinitely divisible distributions and Levy processes – Theoretical and applied perspectives (ESSEC Business School France)
  • 2013 – 2017 Political variables, financial markets and extreme events (ESSEC Business School France)
Activités professionnelles
  • 2015 – 2015: Consultant at Société Générale (and Special study on Equity Derivatives Trading)
  • 2013 – Now: Member of the Scientific Committee of AMF (Autorité des Marchés Financiers)
  • 1991 – 2008: Financial Expert for the Cour d’Appel of Versailles ( France)
  • 1989 – 2000: Member of the Conseil de Réglementation et de Développement du MONEP
  • 1949 – Now: Administrator of MONEP SA
Activités de recherche
  • 2014 – 2020: Editorial board membership – Bankers, Markets and Investors
  • 2014 – 2014: Editorial board membership – Journal of Financial Perspectives
  • 2011 – 2014: Member of the Scientific Committee of IFSID
  • 2011 – 2018: Editorial board membership – Frontiers in Finance and Economics
  • 2009 – 2012: Editorial board membership – Bankers, Markets and Investors
  • 1996 – 2003: Member of the Scientific Committee of the Fondation pour la Recherche de la Banque de France
  • 1995 – 1998: President, Association Française de Finance (AFFI)
  • 1995 – 2008: Member of the Scientific Committee of CREST (Research Center of the Institut National de la Statistique et des Etudes Economiques, INSEE)
  • 1983 – 1995: Vice-President, Association Française de Finance (AFFI)
Theses
  • 2008 : COQUERET Guillaume (ESSEC Business School), Thesis director, First placement: Associate Professor of Finance – EM Lyon Business School
  • 2013 : PAGLIARDI Giovanni (ESSEC Business School), Thesis co-director, First placement: Associate Professor – BI Norwegian Business School