Morten Hegna
Nordics, Europe
Nordics, Europe
Professor Sjur Westgaard
MSC AND PHD OF INDUSTRIAL ECONOMICS FROM NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AND A MSC OF FINANCE FROM NORWEGIAN SCHOOL OF BUSINESS AND ECONOMICS
Professor Westgaard has previously worked as an investment portfolio manager for an insurance company, a project manager for a consultant company and as a credit analyst for an international bank. Currently he is professor at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology and an Adjunct Professor at the Norwegian University of Life Sciences – Center for Commodity Market Analysis.
His teaching involves corporate finance, derivatives and real options, empirical finance and financial risk management. He is one of the founders and editors of Journal of Commodity Markets. He is also an associate editor of Journal of Energy Markets and Journal of Banking and Finance. His main research interest include risk modelling of energy markets. He has recently also been a project manager for two energy research projects involving the research counsil of Norway, power companies, and academic institutions in Europe.