Paraskevi Boufounou

Institution: National and Kapodistrian University of Athens

Dr. Paraskevi Boufounou is Ass. Professor of Development Finance in the Dep. of Economics, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens. Dr. Boufounou holds an Ph.D in Economics with High Distinction from the National & Kapodistrian Univ of Athens (teaching assistant scholarship during her Ph.D studies), a Master of Philosophy (M.Phil) in Economics from Univ of Dundee (UK) and an Honours Bachelor Degree in Economics from the National & Kapodistrian Univ of Athens (scholarship during all years of study). She has a long standing career (more than 30 years) in the Banking/Financial Sector, during which she was appointed top executive managerial positions and also served as senior financial advisor, both in the private and the public sector. Furthermore, she has a wide range of Academic experience teaching at both Undergraduate and Postgraduate level, in various Greek and foreign Universities. She has numerous scientific publications in the field of development finance. Her recent research interests are in the fields of development finance, investment environment upgrade and investment implementation for sustainable development, of innovative development finance mechanisms, and of cost-benefit analysis applications for socio-economic evaluation of investment decisions and policy measures.