Fernando Gallardo

Fernando Gallardo Olmedo holds a PhD in Economics and Business Administration. He has been teaching in the Faculty of Economics at the Universidad Autónoma de Madrid since 1990. From that year until 2012 he taught as Associate Professor and from 2012 until the present time as Associate Professor. He began his professional career in 1985 at Telefónica, where he obtained a position as Economist by competitive examination. From that year until 1997, he worked in that company with different responsibilities in the Research Department and in the Strategic Planning area. From 1997 to 2012 he worked as a consultant on financial and business strategy issues. During this period he has developed consultancy projects in Spain, France, Germany and Italy. Between 1998 and 2007 he was also a project evaluator for the Commission of the European Union. His research interests are related to the area of corporate finance and the telecommunications and information society sector. He also has a strong interest in the area of international finance and the analysis of international financial crises.