ICMA CENTRE - Key Persons

Job Titles:

• Programme Director
• Associate Professor in Finance

Dr Michael Smith has 30 years of teaching experience, both on the MSc programmes at the ICMA Centre, Henley Business School and in the professional training market. Dr Michael Smith is currently Associate Professor in Finance. He is the Director of both the MSc in Investment Management and the MSc in Finance (formerly known as the MSc in International Securities, Investment and Banking). Prior to joining the ICMA Centre he spent 8 years as a derivatives trader in London and Tokyo. Michael has taught a variety of trading and risk management related courses for many international investment banks and academic institutions. He has also taught short courses in over 15 countries in four continents on behalf of the ICMA Centre and Henley Business School in topics ranging from financial market regulation and compliance to best practices in trading and risk management. He has developed one of the most advanced financial market trading simulations currently available, ICTrader. Michael also has visiting professorships at the Doctoral School of Economics in Bucharest and at the Technical University of Munich. He was also a visiting Professor at the University of Toronto. Michael joined the ICMA Centre in 1994 and completed his PhD on the Microstructure of the London SEAQ market in 1998. He holds a BA in Economics from the University of Leeds and an MSc in Finance from the University of Reading and has a Diploma in Mathematics from The Open University.