BIO

Dr Alexis Stenfors is a Reader (Associate Professor) in Economics and Finance and a consultant. He is the author of ‘Barometer of Fear: An Insider’s Account of Rogue Trading and the Greatest Banking Scandal in History’ (Bloomsbury) and co-editor of ‘Unconventional Monetary Policy and Financial Stability: The Case of Japan’ (Routledge).

Before returning to academia in 2009, Alexis spent 15 years as a foreign exchange and interest rate derivatives trader at HSBC, Citi, Crédit Agricole and Merrill Lynch. Alexis Stenfors started his doctoral research on LIBOR in 2009, almost three years before the LIBOR manipulation scandal broke, and completed his thesis ‘Determining the LIBOR: A Study of Power and Deception’ in 2013. His recent research includes work on monetary policy, manipulation and collusion in OTC markets, RegTech surveillance solutions and algorithmic trading. He is currently Reader in Economics and Finance at the University of Portsmouth and Deputy Director of the Centre for Innovative and Sustainable Finance (CISF). He has also held academic positions at SOAS University of London, University of Leeds, Washington University in St. Louis, Peking University HSBC Business School, Meiji University and University of California Berkeley.

Alexis Stenfors is also a public speaker and consults on financial market risk, compliance, behaviour and surveillance issues. In addition, he has served as an expert advisor on legal cases involving financial benchmarks, cash and derivatives markets in Europe and North America.