George Tsetsekos, PhD
Dr. George Tsetsekos is the Francis Professor of Finance and Dean Emeritus at LeBow’s College of Business at Drexel University. He served as Dean of LeBow (2002-2012) and under his transformative leadership the College achieved important quality milestones including recognition by BusinessWeek, Financial Times, and U.S. News & World Report. During his deanship, LeBow commenced an ambitious capital campaign program that allowed for the completion of two business school buildings, naming several new centers of excellence and establishing new endowed professorships. Among others, The Sovereign Bank Center for Strategic Leadership and the Center in Corporate Governance have been recognized nationally as centers of excellence in research and teaching and have added to LeBow’s reputation. In addition, during his deanship the College increased its faculty and substantially improved research productivity and engagement with the business community with the introduction of several innovative MBA and Masters’ Programs. Prior to his appointment as Dean, he served as Drexel’s Vice President and Vice-Provost (1997-2001) in charge of university-wide academic functions including Academic budgets, Student support services, Information Systems, Institutional research, Enrollment Management and Co-op administration and Financial aid operations. He contributed to implementing the acquisition of MCP Hahnemann University that transformed Drexel University to a national comprehensive research institution with the addition of Medical, Public Health and Nursing academic units.
Dr. Tsetsekos’ extensive research covers the broad areas of corporate finance, investments, and international finance. He has published his research in many journals including The Journal of Financial Economics, Journal of Banking & Finance, The Journal of Portfolio Management and Journal of International Business Studies. He is the author of monographs and short essays in finance and has served on editorial boards for several academic journals. His book “Research Methods in Finance” publishes by Kendall Hunt in 1993 was extensively used in the academic market while the book “Emerging Market Portfolios: Diversification and Hedging Strategies” published by Irwin in 1997 was used in the professional market.
His academic work has been complemented with advisory and consulting assignments in many organizations and Universities in the US and abroad including The World Bank, The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Bear Stearns, FannieMae, Calamos Investments and Thomas Jefferson University. He served as advisor to the Greek government on the privatization program of state-owned enterprises. In addition, Dr. Tsetsekos has served on the Advisory Boards of US and European private and non-for profit organizations including the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia, the Penjerdel Council, Pennsylvania Economic League, World Trade Center of Greater Philadelphia, REVL Capital Group and has served as Chair and Secretary of the Board of the Global Interdependence Center (GIC). He is member of the Supervisory Board of the Diesel Emissions Justice Foundation (DEJF) in the Netherlands.
Dr. Tsetsekos lectures frequently on business, economics, and finance topics. His typical teaching portfolio includes MBA courses in strategy, Private Equity and Venture Capital, and Global Finance. He has organized and chaired conferences on timely topics including Sovereign Debt Restructuring, Global Trade Agreements, Global Growth, Cryptocurrencies in the Global Economy, and Monetary Policy and Inflation. He holds a BSc in Electrical and Mechanical Engineering from the University of Athens, Greece, an MBA from Wright State University, and a Ph.D. in Finance from the University of Tennessee.
