Distinguished on several occasions for his commendable work in the field of Administration and Finance, Dr. Raghavendra Rau has an outstanding international career. His passion for Business has led him to lecture at academic institutions around the world, sharing innovative approaches to Economics and Business Management.

India, France and the United Kingdom are some of the countries of the companies with which he has collaborated as a consultant. His disruptive approach and his ability to simplify concepts have made him a global reference. For all this, he has received awards from various entities such as the Indian Institute of Management, from which he is a graduate.

He is also Founder and Academic Director of the Cambridge Centre for Alternative Finance and his research interests include the study of how investors and firms acquire and use information. His main areas of work focus on Corporate Finance, Asset Pricing, Information Economics and Behavioral Finance. These specializations and his long experience led him to join the Finance group at Cambridge Judge Business School, which focuses on the financial and investment decisions of companies and institutions.

Dr. Raghavendra Rau has held prestigious positions such as Head of Barclays Global Investors in 2008, which was the largest asset manager in the world, in San Francisco. Also, he has been invited to speak at talks at the FORE International Finance Conference and the International FinTech, InsurTech and Blockchain Forum. Moreover, in 2017 he published his book Brief Introduction to Corporate Finance, which adds to the numerous financial articles and chapters he has written throughout his career.

• Academic Director of the Centre for Alternative Finance at the University of Cambridge, UK
• Sir Evelyn de Rothschild Professor of Finance at the University of Cambridge
• Director of Barclays Global Investors Asset Management Company
• Chairman of the European Finance Association
• Vice President of the Financial Management Association 
• Associate Editor of the Journal of Corporate Finance
• Ph.D. in Management from the European Institute of Business Administration
• Master's Degree in Management from the European Institute of Business Administration
• Graduate in Chemistry from the University of Delhi, India
• Member of:
  
  • Cambridge Judge Business School Finance Group