Keynote Lecture

Keynote Lecture by Morten Bennedsen

Morten Bennedsen is Niels Bohr Professor at the University of Copenhagen and André and Rosalie Hoffmann Chaired Professor of Family Enterprise at INSEAD and the Academic Director of the Wendel International Centre for Family Enterprise, INSEAD. He is also currently the editor of the Journal of Corporate Finance. He obtained his PhD in Economics from Harvard University in 1998, a Master’s degree with distinction from London School of Economics, and a Bachelor Degree from the University of Copenhagen. His work has been published in top finance and economics journals, such as Journal of Financial Economics, Journal of Political Economics, Quarterly Journals of Economics and Journal of Public Economics.

Morten Bennedsen’s research is frequently discussed in global media outlets such as BBC Radio 1, Financial Times, Wall Street Journal, International Herald Tribune, and newspapers, radios and television in Singapore, China, Hong Kong, India, France, Germany, Nederland, Portugal, Norway and Denmark. He writes regularly columns for China Family Business Review and South China Morning Post. He has served as an advisor to The Danish Ministry of Business, The Danish and Ministry of Foreign Affairs, private equity funds and the World Bank. He consults and works with many family businesses in Europe, Asia, and the rest of the world.