Sergio Vicente is Assistant Professor at the Department of Finance of the University of Luxembourg. He graduated with a Ph.D. in Economics from New York University and an M.A. in Economics from Universitat Autónoma de Barcelona. His research interests focus on banking theory, empirical banking, banking regulation, FinTech and political economy.

Juanita González-Uribe is Associate Professor in Finance at the London School of Economics and Political Science. She holds a Ph.D. in Finance and Economics from Columbia University. She is a research fellow at the Centre for Economic and Policy Research, where she co-organizes the We_ARE Women in Economics seminar series. She is also co-director of LSE’s Financial Markets Group. She specializes in entrepreneurship, private equity and innovation.

Joel Saphiro is Professor of Financial Economics at the University of Oxford. He received his PhD in Economics in 2000 from Princeton University. His main area of expertise is the regulation and governance of financial institutions. His work has been cited by regulators such as the SEC, the Federal Reserve Board of Governors and the European Commission, and he has been invited by regulatory authorities such as the SEC, Bank of England, ESMA, New York Fed, and ECB to present his work and discuss policy matters. He is on the advisory board of SOFR Academy.