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Isabelle Bajeux Besnainou

Full Professor of Finance

Tepper School of Business

  • Full Professor of Finance
    Tepper School of Business
  • Carnegie Mellon University, Tepper School of Business, 5000 Forbes Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA, 15213, United States

BIO

After relocating from Montreal, QC to Pittsburgh, PA at the height of the pandemic in fall 2020, Bajeux-Besnainou provides dynamic leadership for the academic, fundraising, financial and administrative aspects of the Tepper Business School of Carnegie Mellon University. The school offers degrees from the undergraduate level through doctoral levels and executive education programs and is consistently ranked among the top 10-20 business schools in the United States. The Tepper School prepares nearly 1,500 students for the future and the uncertainties ahead through innovative programming offered in: accounting, economics, entrepreneurship, finance, leadership, marketing, production/operations management, organizational behavior, quantitative analysis/statistics, and operations research, and technology. Works closely with students, faculty, and staff within Tepper and across campus to create collaborative academic and research opportunities, and to continue the school’s efforts related to diversity, equity, and inclusion.

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ACADEMIC POSITIONS

  • Dean, Professor of Finance
    Carnegie Mellon University, Tepper School of Business, Pittsburgh, United States1 Jan 2020 - present
  • Dean and Professor of Finance
    McGill University, Desautels Faculty of Management, Montreal, Canada1 Jan 2015 - 1 Jan 2020
  • Associate Dean for Undergraduate Programs
    George Washington University, School of Business, Washington D.C., United States1 Jan 2012 - 1 Jan 2015
  • Chair of the Finance Department
    George Washington University, Washington D.C., United States2011 - 2012
  • Professor of Finance
    George Washington University, School of Business, Washington D.C., United States1 Jan 1994 - 1 Jan 2015
  • Assistant Professor of Finance
    ESSEC Business School, Paris, France1 Jan 1989 - 1 Jan 1993

DEGREES

  • PhD, Mathematics Applied to Finance
    University of Paris 9, Paris, France1 Jan 1989
  • MS, Mathematics Applied to Economics
    University of Paris 9, Paris, France1 Jan 1986
  • Mathematic
    Ecole Normale Supérieure of Paris, Paris, France1 Jan 1984 - 1 Jan 1988

LANGUAGES

  • English
  • French

CAMPUS

  • Pittsburgh

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS

  • 10 Reduced Inequalities
  • 9 Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure

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