Prof. Anis Samet is a risk management advisor with one of the largest institutional investors in Canada and has published in leading financial journals, such as the Journal of Banking and Finance at the School of Business Administration, Department of Finance, American University of Sharjah. He completed his BSc studies in Finance at HEC-Tunisia (2001), MA studies in Finance at HEC-Tunisia (2003), and PhD studies in Finance at HEC-Montreal (2009), and he is a certified Financial Risk Manager (FRM). He has published in top-tier finance journals, such as the Journal of Banking and Finance, Emerging Markets Review, International Review of Financial Analysis, and Journal of International Financial Markets and Institutions. His teaching disciplines include risk management, international finance, corporate finance, investment, portfolio management, and banking, and his research interests include banking, international finance, corporate finance, corporate governance, financial risk management, financial markets, Islamic finance, and financial econometrics.