DSF was founded as a collaborative effort of academic researchers, financial companies, legal firms and government organizations on September 7, 2008. The launch followed an agreement to finance the school operations signed by various Dutch financial service providers. The executive management and associated fellowship of DSF were composed of representatives from businesses, government, academia, and legal firms.
Academic profile Courses were typically taught by visiting faculty members. Academics from the
University of Amsterdam (UvA) and
Vrije Universiteit (VU) often collaborated on various research projects with members of involved financial companies. Occasionally, lectures were taught by executive management of partnering financial institutions. DSF Policy Briefs were designed together with regulators, members of the financial sector, and policymakers. Articles and research papers that met the school research criteria were published in the public domain. Students and faculty mainly worked on research papers aimed at assessing the regulation and efficiency of the financial sector. The
Tinbergen Institute also worked together with DSF on research projects.
Notable faculty •
Jon Danielsson, professor at
London School of Economics, lecturer of the Financial Systems and Regulation at DSF •
Noreena Hertz, academic, economist and best-selling author • Winter Jaap, dean of Vrije Universiteit •
Laurens de Haan, a Dutch economist and Emeritus Professor of Probability and Mathematical Statistics at the Erasmus University Rotterdam • Bernd Jan Sikken, Director of Business Development and Innovation at DSF, former director at
World Economic Forum •
Enrico Perotti, Professor of International Finance, Former Chair, Finance Group • Ralph ter Hoeven, Professor of Financial Reporting at
University of Groningen, partner at
Deloitte • Rene Hooft Graafland, Executive Board and CFO at Heineken • Wim Holterman, Professor of Business Valuation, University of Groningen, and Managing Partner of the valuation practice of PwC in the Netherlands • Jasper Knol Bruins, Merger Integration & Carve Out Services leader at
Deloitte • Bart de Klerk, Director at
ING Corporate Finance • Robert-Jan van de Kraats, CFO and vice-chairman on executive board at
Randstad • Joost Kromhout, executive director at
Rabobank Equity Capital Markets • Daan van Manen Senior Director M&A, Philips • Jaap van Manen, Professor of Corporate Governance at
University of Groningen, partner at Strategic Management Centre • Rob Oudman, managing director at Leonardo & Co • Cees van Rijn, Former CFO and executive board member at Nutreco, and has held various supervisory board positions •
Joeseph A. McCahery, Director of LLM Program at DSF
Public lectures The public lectures were organized by the school's partners in the financial industry. •
William Rhodes, an American banker and philanthropist •
Aswath Damodaran, a professor of finance at the Stern School of Business at New York University •
Nassim Nicholas Taleb, an essayist, scholar, statistician, and risk analyst •
Charles Goodhart, a former member of the Bank of England's Monetary Policy Committee • Khalid Bakkali, Director M&A, NIBC • Jan Louis Burggraaf, M&A partner at
Allen & Overy • Costas Constantinou, Senior Manager at
EY's valuation and business modelling practice in the Netherlands • Kees Cools, Partner Strategy, formerly
Booz & Company • Teun Teeuwisse, Equity Analyst at
Kempen & Co • Jeroen van der Wal, Practice Leader Valuation at
Deloitte in the Netherlands • Jeroen Weimer, Practice Leader Valuation at
KPMG Corporate Finance in the Netherlands • Henk van Dalen, Former CFO of DSM, TNT and Vimpelcom • Casper de Vries, Chair of Monetary Economics at the Erasmus School of Economics • Arne Grimme, M&A partner at De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek • Hans Haanappel, independent corporate finance advisor • Wouter van der Heijden, Director at
KPMG Corporate Finance • Roderick van den Hemel Vice President at
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