Curriculum Vitae
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Harjoat S. Bhamra
Professor of Finance, Imperial College Business School, Imperial College London
Imperial College Business School
South Kensington Campus
London SW7 2AZ
United Kingdom
Academic Employment
- 2024– — Professor (with tenure), Imperial College Business School, London, UK
- 2011–2024 — Associate Professor (with tenure), Imperial College Business School, London, UK
- 2011–2014 — Associate Professor (with tenure), Sauder School of Business, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
- 2003–2011 — Assistant Professor, Sauder School of Business, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
Education
- 1998-2003 — PhD, Finance, London Business School, University of London, England. Thesis: General Equilibrium Asset Pricing in Incomplete Markets. Committee: Süleyman Başak, Francisco Gomes, Raman Uppal (Advisor)
- 1997-1998 — MMath (Part III, Mathematical Tripos), Mathematics, St. John’s College, University of Cambridge, England
- 1992-1996 — MA, Mathematics, St. John’s College, University of Cambridge, England
- 1994-1995 — Heidelberg Exchange Scholar, Mathematics and Theoretical Physics, University of Heidelberg, Germany
Research
Published Papers
Completed Working Papers
Work in Progress
Conference Discussions
2023 — 9th HEC-McGill Winter Finance Workshop, Adam Smith Asset Pricing Workshop (Oxford), Global Banking and Finance Conference
2022 — Adam Smith Asset Pricing Workshop (INSEAD), NFA, UNSW Asset Pricing Conference
2021 — EFA (2 discussions), Australasian Banking and Finance Conference
2020 — NFA
2019 — Asset Pricing Conference (Collegio Carlo Alberto), Cass Business School Corporate Finance and Asset Prices Conference
2018 — SAFE Asset Pricing Conference, Asset Pricing Conference (Collegio Carlo Alberto), McGill University Risk Management Conference, SFS Cavalcade (Pittsburgh), EFA, Cass Business School Corporate Finance and Asset Prices Conference
2017 — EFA, Macro-Finance Society Meetings (London), World Finance Conference
2016 — Bank of England/CEPR International Finance Conference, UBC Winter Finance Conference, Paul Woolley Centre Conference on Capital Market Dysfunctionality, International Conference on Capital Markets (INSEAD), Montreal Institute of Structured Finance and Derivatives Conference
2015 — Utah Winter Finance Conference, SAFE Asset Pricing Conference (Frankfurt), Adam Smith Asset Pricing Conference
2014 — McGill Risk Management Conference, Frontiers of Finance (Warwick University), HK UST Finance Symposium, Safe Assets and the Macroeconomy Conference (London Business School), Annual Conference in International Finance (Imperial College Business School), WFA
2013 — AFA, Adam Smith Asset Pricing Conference, WFA, EFA
2012 — McGill University Risk Management Conference, WFA, CEPR Asset Pricing Meetings (Gerzensee), Advances in Macro-Finance Tepper-LAEF Conference
2011 — Adam Smith Asset Pricing Conference, Bank of Canada Workshop on Financial Intermediation and Market Dynamics, Oxford-Man Institute Hedge Fund Conference, Imperial College Hedge Fund Conference
2007 — Canadian Macroeconomics Study Group, NFA
2006 — WFA
2005 — UBC–Bank of Canada Conference
2004 — WFA
Service
Editorial Work
- Associate Editor for Management Science, 2013–2024
Program Committees & Reviewing
- Adam Smith Asset Pricing — Program Committee Member
- Western Finance Association (WFA) — Program Committee — Recurring 2007–present
- Northern Finance Association (NFA) — Program Committee — Recurring 2006–present
- European Finance Association (EFA) — Reviewer — Recurring
- SFS Cavalcade — Reviewer — Recurring
Peer Review Panels
- ESRC Peer Review Panel — Large Grants in the Social Sciences, 2022
Keynote Speeches
- Financial Markets and Government Economic Policy — 8th Global Conference on Business Management and Social Sciences, 2022-03-18
- Households: Beliefs, Portfolios and Asset Prices — ECONCLAVE, 2022-03-04
- Financial Markets and Government Economic Policy — BEF Forum, 2020-06-23
Refereeing
Referee for: Journal of Finance, Review of Financial Studies, Journal of Financial Economics, Econometrica, Econometric Society Monograph Series, Review of Economic Studies, Review of Finance, Journal of Monetary Economics, Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis, Journal of Mathematical Economics, Journal of International Economics, European Economic Review, Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control, Management Science, Journal of Banking & Finance, Mathematical Finance, Finance Research Letters, Journal of International Money and Finance, Canadian Journal of Economics, European Journal of Finance, Journal of Corporate Finance, Quarterly Review of Economics and Finance.
Teaching Experience
Imperial College Business School — Current
- 2024-2025 — Lecturer, Mathematical Foundations (BSc Economics, Finance and Data Science)
- 2024-2025 — Lecturer, Maths for Finance (MSc Finance, MSc FinTech, MSc Investment and Wealth Management, MSc Metals & Energy Finance)
- 2024-2025 — Lecturer, Asset Pricing Theory (PhD Finance)
Imperial College Business School — Past
- 2023-2024 — Lecturer, Mathematical Foundations (BSc Economics)
- 2023-2024 — Lecturer, Maths for Finance (MSc Finance / FinTech / IWM / Metals & Energy Finance)
- 2023-2024 — Lecturer, Asset Pricing Theory (PhD Finance)
- 2022-2023 — Lecturer, Derivatives (MSc Finance / FinTech / IWM / Metals & Energy Finance)
- 2022-2023 — Lecturer, Asset Pricing Theory (PhD Finance)
- 2022-2023 — Lecturer, Macroeconomics (PhD Finance)
- 2022-2023 — Lecturer, Data Analysis Tools (PhD (all subjects))
- 2021-2022 — Lecturer, Derivatives (MSc Finance / IWM / Metals & Energy Finance)
- 2021-2022 — Lecturer, Asset Pricing Theory (PhD Finance)
- 2021-2022 — Lecturer, Data Analysis Tools (PhD (all subjects))
- 2020-2021 — Lecturer, Derivatives (MSc Finance)
- 2020-2021 — Lecturer, Asset Pricing Theory (PhD Finance)
- 2020-2021 — Lecturer, Data Analysis Tools (PhD (all subjects))
- 2019-2020 — Lecturer, Derivatives (MSc Finance / IWM / Metals & Energy Finance)
- 2019-2020 — Lecturer, Asset Pricing Theory (PhD Finance)
- 2019-2020 — Lecturer, Data Analysis Tools (PhD (all subjects))
- 2018-2019 — Lecturer, Derivatives (MSc Finance / IWM / Metals & Energy Finance)
- 2018-2019 — Lecturer, Asset Pricing Theory (PhD Finance)
- 2018-2019 — Lecturer, Data Analysis Tools (PhD (all subjects))
- 2017-2018 — Lecturer, Derivatives (MSc Finance / IWM / Metals & Energy Finance)
- 2017-2018 — Lecturer, Asset Pricing Theory (PhD Finance)
- 2017-2018 — Lecturer, Data Analysis Tools (PhD (all subjects))
- 2016-2017 — Lecturer, Derivatives (MSc Finance / IWM / Metals & Energy Finance / Finance & Accounting)
- 2016-2017 — Lecturer, Asset Pricing Theory (PhD Finance)
- 2016-2017 — Lecturer, Macro-Finance (PhD Finance)
- 2016-2017 — Lecturer, Data Analysis Tools (PhD (all subjects))
- 2015-2016 — Lecturer, Derivatives (MSc Finance / IWM / Metals & Energy Finance / Finance & Accounting)
- 2015-2016 — Lecturer, Asset Pricing Theory (PhD Finance)
- 2015-2016 — Lecturer, Macro-Finance (PhD Finance)
- 2014-2015 — Lecturer, Derivatives (MSc Finance / IWM / Metals & Energy Finance / Finance & Accounting)
- 2014-2015 — Lecturer, Asset Pricing Theory (PhD Finance)
- 2014-2015 — Lecturer, Portfolio Theory (Finance Summer School)
- 2013-2014 — Lecturer, Asset Pricing and Derivatives (MSc Finance / Metals & Energy Finance)
- 2013-2014 — Lecturer, Portfolio Theory and Regulation (Finance Summer School)
- 2011-2012 — Lecturer, Asset Pricing and Derivatives (MSc Finance / Metals & Energy Finance)
- 2011-2012 — Lecturer, Asset Pricing Theory (PhD Finance)
- 2011-2012 — Lecturer, Advanced Topics in Asset Pricing Theory (PhD Finance)
Other Institutions
- 2013 — Lecturer, International Financial Markets and Institutions (BComm), UBC
- 2012 — Lecturer, Asset Pricing Theory and Monetary Policy (PhD Finance), UBC
- 2012 — Lecturer, Financial Engineering and Risk Management (MBA), UBC
- 2010-2011 — Lecturer, International Financial Management (MBA (joint with Donau University)), UBC
- 2008 — Lecturer, Corporate Finance (MBA (joint with Donau University)), UBC
- 2008 — Lecturer, Dynamic Portfolio Strategies (MBA (joint with Donau University)), UBC
- 2006-2009 — Lecturer, International Financial Management (BComm), UBC
- 2003-2010 — Lecturer, International Financial Markets and Institutions (BComm), UBC
- 2003 — Lecturer, Business Finance (BComm), UBC
- 2002 — Instructor, Finance II (MBA / Masters in Finance / Sloan), London Business School
- 1995 — Instructor, Linear Algebra I (Undergraduate (in German)), Heidelberg University
PhD Students
Main Advisor — Current
- 2018– — Artur Anschukov, Imperial College Business School (Finance)
- 2021– — Nicola Ceneda, Imperial College Business School (Finance)
- 2023– — Omar Idrissi, Imperial College Business School (Finance)
Main Advisor — Past
- 2017 — Daren Wei, Imperial College Business School (Finance). Barclays Global Investors (offered Assistant Professorship at Tsinghua University)
- 2017 — Edward Golosov, Imperial College Business School (Finance). Running own business
- 2014 — Lei Ding, Imperial College Business School (Finance)
- 2015-2020 — Can Gao, Imperial College Business School (Finance). Assistant Professor, University of St. Gallen (formerly SAFE, Frankfurt)
Committee Roles
- 2008 — Lars Kuehn, University of British Columbia (Finance) — Committee Member. Professor, Carnegie Mellon University
- 2014 — Paul Whelan, Imperial College Business School (Finance) — Committee Member & Internal Examiner. Associate Professor, Copenhagen Business School
External Examiner / Reviewer
- 2006 — University Examiner, Yin-Chen Chu, UBC (Economics)
- 2009 — University Examiner, Doris Poon, UBC (Economics)
- 2009 — External Examiner, Georgy Chabakauri, London Business School (Finance)
- 2016 — External Examiner, Messaoud Chibane, EDHEC Business School (Finance)
- 2018 — External Examiner, Petar Sabtchevsky, London School of Economics (Finance)
- 2019 — External Examiner, Mikhail Tirskikh, London Business School (Finance)
- 2019 — External Examiner, Ishita Sen, London Business School (Finance)
- 2019 — External Examiner, Brandon Ho, London School of Economics (Finance)
- 2019 — Late Stage Reviewer, Claudio Bellani, Imperial College (Mathematics)
- 2021 — External Examiner, Thilo Kind, London Business School (Finance)
- 2022 — External Examiner, Varun Sharma, London Business School (Finance)
Awards, Grants, and Fellowships
Fellowships and Grants (Current)
- 2020–present — Fellow, National Institute of Economic and Social Research (NIESR)
- 2020–2021 — UKRI Research Grant — COVID-19 Industry Level Origins of Fluctuations in Growth Rates and Economic Welfare · £195,508
Other Awards, Grants, Scholarships
- 2014-2015 — Winner — Teaching Excellence Award for PhD Supervision
- 2018-2019 — Nominated — Teaching Excellence Awards (MSc Core, Innovation in Teaching, Inclusivity in Teaching) and Student Academic Choice Awards
- 2017-2018 — Nominated — Student Academic Choice Awards
- 2010 — Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) Grant · CAD 45,000
- 2007 — Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) Grant · CAD 45,000
- 2003 — PhD Student Travel Award (Western Finance Association, Los Cabos)
- 1999-2002 — United Kingdom Economics and Social Science Research Council Scholarship
- 1998 — LBS PhD Scholarship
- 1996 — Fulbright Fellowship (declined)
- 1995 — Heidelberg Scholarship — Baden-Württemberg State Government (3 awarded annually)
- 1994-1996 — Horne Scholarship
Research Visits
- 2025-09 — Visitor, BI Norwegian Business School, Oslo
- 2025-07 — Visitor, CUHK Business School, Hong Kong
- 2018 — Associate, Centre for Macroeconomics, London School of Economics and Political Science, London
- 2018 — Senior Visitor, Goethe University, Frankfurt
- 2015 — Senior Visitor, Goethe University, Frankfurt
- 2012 — Summer Visitor, Swiss Finance Institute at EPFL, Lausanne
Industry Experience
- 1996–1997 — Assistant Structured Products Trader (Interest Rate Derivatives), First National Bank of Chicago, London, UK Responsible for pricing exotic swaps (ratchets, quantos), producing daily risk reports and risk-managing a portfolio of structured products.