Professor Dimitris Andriosopoulos
Accounting and Finance
Personal statement
I am a Professor of Finance and the Founding Director of the Responsible Business Institute (ReBI) at the University of Strathclyde. I was a Visiting Scholar at the University of Geneva and a visiting lecturer at Bayes (formerly known as Cass) Business School, ESCP Europe, and SKEMA Business School.
My experience spans various roles in consulting, knowledge exchange, and R&D. I have served as academic advisor for the Scottish Government's Investor Panel with the remit to advise on how Scotland can attract global capital investment in the infrastructure required to transition to net zero. In addition, I have advised a large asset manager on equity investments and ESG. I was also a member of the Research Panel of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland (ICAS) which represents more than 21,000 Chartered Accountants as members worldwide. Also, I have attracted senior industry executives and leading academics in joining ReBI’s advisory board to assist in bringing together industry, policy making, and a academia. Moreover, I serve as Academic Fellow at the Centre for Responsible Banking & Finance (CRBF) of the University of St. Andrews.
I have raised more than £1.3m in research, knowledge exchange, external engagements, external funding, and PhD scholarships. My research interests include Corporate Finance, Sustainable Finance & ESG, and Corporate Governance. I am ranked in the top-30,000 authors out of more than 2million authors from 65 disciplines and in the top-1,500 Accounting Research Authors in SSRN. My research has been published in leading peer reviewed journals.
I serve as Associate Editor for “The European Journal of Finance” and I have served as Associate (Guest) Editor for the “International Review of Financial Analysis” and the “Journal of Operational Research Society”.
In addition, I am the founding director of the MSc Sustainable Finance following my service as director of the MSc Investment and Finance, which during my tenure became one the largest MSc Programmes of Strathclyde Business School, with graduates placed with leading employers (e.g. Goldman Sachs, JP Morgan, BlackRock, PwC etc.). I am also passionate about teaching and learning and this is reflected in my receiving the Students' Association Award for Teaching Excellence in 2015 and 2017, and being nominated for the Students' Association Award for Teaching Excellence in 2019, 2021, and 2023. This is also reflected in past student testimonials such as:
“A charismatic professor with exceptional teaching skills. He enhanced my knowledge to the subject and stimulated me to expand it even more.”
“The presentation was outstanding, the professor was able to keep attention throughout the lecture time, despite the technical nature of finance!!!”
“I am very satisfied with the finance seminar and Prof. Dimitrios Andriosopoulos was very engaged and helped us not only to understand the basics but also drill down and gain deeper knowledge even in theoretical aspects of finance.”
“The class was quite experiential.”
“Great and passionate teacher. Dimitris always provides interesting and real-world examples. Thank you!”
Office location: SW323 (Stenhouse Wing of Strathclyde Business School).
Area of Expertise
- Corporate Finance & Corporate Governance
- Regulatory Frameworks & Political Economy
- CSR/ESG
- Green Finance & Sustainability
Also, I am a Partner in a financial consultancy and commodities brokerage firm.
Prize And Awards
- Top Downloads list for "Corporate Finance: Capital Structure & Payout Policies eJournal."
- Recipient
- 31/7/2025
- Top 30,000 authors in SSRN out of more than 2 million researchers in over 65 disciplines
- Recipient
- 2025
- Top 1,500 Accounting authors in SSRN
- Recipient
- 2025
- Top 1,500 Accounting authors in SSRN
- Recipient
- 2024
- Top 30,000 authors in SSRN out of more than 2 million researchers in over 65 disciplines
- Recipient
- 2024
- Top 10% of Authors in SSRN by all-time downloads
- Recipient
- 2023
Qualifications
- PhD Finance - Bayes (formerly known as Cass) Business School, City University (UK)
- MBA - Saywer Business School (Suffolk University, Boston MA, USA)
- MS Accounting - Saywer Business School (Suffolk University, Boston MA, USA)
- BSc Business Administration - University of the Aegean (GR)
Publications
- State expropriation risk and ownership structure : evidence from cash holdings around the world
- Andriosopoulos Dimitris, Loncan Tiago
- Corporate Governance: An International Review (2025)
- https://doi.org/10.1111/corg.12656
- Do corporate lawyers matter? Evidence from patents
- Andriosopoulos Dimitris, Czarnowski Pawel, Marshall Andrew
- Journal of Corporate Finance Vol 83 (2023)
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcorpfin.2023.102473
- Can social capital and reputation mitigate political and market competition risk?
- Andriosopoulos Dimitris, Deepty Sheikh Tanzila
- European Journal of Finance Vol 29, pp. 1229-1266 (2023)
- https://doi.org/10.1080/1351847X.2022.2116991
- Does green innovation increase shareholder wealth?
- Andriosopoulos Dimitris, Czarnowski Pawel, Marshall Andrew
- (2022)
- https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.4012633
- Do lawyers matter? Evidence from patents
- Andriosopoulos Dimitris, Czarnowski Pawel, Marshall Andrew P
- (2022)
- https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3966163
- Excess corporate payouts and financial distress risk
- Andriosopoulos Dimitris, De Cesari Amedeo, Stathopoulos Konstantinos
- European Financial Management Vol 27, pp. 865-898 (2021)
- https://doi.org/10.1111/eufm.12291
Teaching
Currently I teach the following modules:
- MSc - Equity Analysis
- MSc - Sustainable Finance
- MSc - Applications of Sustainable Finance
What some of my past students have said about me:
“A charismatic professor with exceptional teaching skills. He enhanced my knowledge to the subject and stimulated me to expand it even more.”
“The presentation was outstanding, the professor was able to keep attention throughout the lecture time, despite the technical nature of finance!!!”
“I am very satisfied with the finance seminar and Prof. Dimitrios Andriosopoulos was very engaged and helped us not only to understand the basics but also drill down and gain deeper knowledge even in theoretical aspects of finance.”
“The class was quite experiential.”
“He was always flexible to every question and had patience to explain the topic over and over again if needed! “
“Covered significant ground in a short amount of time. Felt very confident in lecturers ability, highly professional.”
“Great class, very complex theories taught in a comprehensive manner”
“Great and passionate teacher. Dimitris always provides interesting and real-world examples. Thank you!”
“Discussion and presentation of real-world examples was really great!”
“He inspired me with confidence about the finance management, taught me important things, broaden my perception so I can apply this knowledge to my career path.”
“I liked the examples given in the lecture from the real life practice."
“The professor is very engaging and succeeds at relating the class material to the real world and current events.”
“The professor was very communicative and answered all questions we had in an excellent way.”
“The class enhanced greatly my understanding of the topic.”
“The lecturer showed not only to have a high level of knowledge on the topic, but also an understandable manner to explain complex topics. The module includes two great tools (one for an assignment and one for voluntary practice) to practice what we have learned.”
“The lecturer is skilled and has in-depth knowledge.”
“The professor himself is very approachable and warm-hearted.”
Research Interests
- Corporate Finance
- Corporate Governance
- Share Buybacks and Dividends
- Sustainability and Finance
Professional Activities
- Member of ClimateXChange’s Advisory Panel
- Recipient
- 9/7/2025
- 2025 European Financial Management Association (EFMA) annual meeting
- Participant
- 25/6/2025
- 2025 Financial Management Association (FMA) European meeting
- Participant
- 11/6/2025
- 2025 Responsible Finance Workshop - "Responsible Business and AI"
- Organiser
- 22/5/2025
- Decarbonization Finance Series IV: COMPLEXITY & INNOVATION
- Speaker
- 20/3/2025
- Opportunities for financing a climate resilient Scotland - Organised by the ClimateXChange and the Scottish Government.
- Speaker
- 18/3/2025
Projects
- REA PGR Studentship - Zitao Zhao
- Ma, Linxiang (Principal Investigator) Zhao, Zitao (Post Grad Student) Andriosopoulos, Dimitris (Co-investigator)
- 29-Jan-2025
- Scotland Beyond Net Zero Seed Fund. Awarded by Funder: £9,500; 50% academic ownership
- Andriosopoulos, Dimitris (Principal Investigator) Byrne, Joseph (Co-investigator) Sahiner, Mehmet (Principal Investigator) Luo, Di (Co-investigator) Duff, Robert (Co-investigator)
- Mobilising Green Bonds for Scotland’s Sustainable Future: A Financial Strategy Achieving Net Zero
- 14-Jan-2024 - 31-Jan-2025
- SBS Excellence Awards
- Andriosopoulos, Dimitris (Principal Investigator) Loukopoulos, Panagiotis (Co-investigator) Chowdhury, Nowfel Akib (Post Grad Student)
- 01-Jan-2024 - 30-Jan-2028
- SBS Excellence Awards
- Andriosopoulos, Dimitris (Co-investigator) McColgan, Patrick (Principal Investigator) Szoboszlai, Sara (Post Grad Student)
- 01-Jan-2024 - 30-Jan-2028
- Founder and Director of the Responsible Business Institute (ReBI)
- Andriosopoulos, Dimitris (Principal Investigator)
- The Responsible Business Institute (ReBI) is a strategic initiative of Strathclyde Business School’s ambition to promote and contribute towards the UN’s Sustainable Developmental Goals (SDGs) and Principles of Responsible Management Education (PRME).
- 01-Jan-2024
- Louisville/Jefferson County Metro: Priority Climate Action Plan development for the EPA Climate Pollution Reduction Grants Program
- Bellingham, Richard (Principal Investigator) Andriosopoulos, Dimitris (Co-investigator) Ferguson, Neil (Co-investigator) Li, Sheng (Co-investigator) Rogerson, Robert (Co-investigator) Tuohy, Paul Gerard (Co-investigator)
- 01-Jan-2023 - 31-Jan-2024
Contact
Professor
Dimitris
Andriosopoulos
Accounting and Finance
Email: d.andriosopoulos@strath.ac.uk
Tel: 548 3892