Monika Wieczorek-Kosmala has a post-PhD in Finance. She is currently an Associate Professor at the College of Finance, University of Economics in Katowice (Poland) and Visiting Professor and Research Fellow at the University of Bari, Italy. Her research interests and expertise merge risk management and financial management, with a special interest in the financial outcomes of business interruptions, enterprise risk management, risk financing mechanisms, corporate risk reporting, and risk disclosures. She is a member of the Committee of European Risk Research Network. She also has professional experience in risk management and property insurance.