Meryem Duygun

Professor of Banking and Finance, University of Nottingham / Co-Director, INFINITY (Inclusive Financial Technology Hub)

Meryem Duygun is a Professor of Banking and Finance at the Nottingham University Business School in the UK.

Meryem holds the Aviva Chair in Risk and Insurance. She is Head of Finance, Risk and Banking department. 

Her research expertise is in the areas of risk, banking, financial technologies (FinTech) and applied economics. 

In September 2021 Meryem was conferred the prestigious Fellowship of the Academy of Social Sciences (FAcSS), in recognition for the excellence and impact of her work and her wider contributions to the social sciences for public benefit. 

She is the founder and co-director of the University of Nottingham’s INFINITY, the Inclusive Financial Technology Hub. 

Meryem is the Founder and President of the research society IFABS-International Finance and Banking Society. 

She has published numerous studies in leading international journals. 

She serves as an editorial board member for a number of internationally recognized journals. 

Currently she is subject editor of Journal of International Financial Markets Institutions & Money and Associate Editor of British Accounting Review. 

Meryem served as a guest editor for Journal of Corporate Finance and Journal of Banking & Finance. 

She is the Series Editor of Book Series on Banking, Money and International Finance, Routledge Taylor & Francis Publishers.

Meryem’s research was funded by Research England, UKRI-ESRC, British Academy, Experian and Royal Academy of Engineering. 

Meryem has been recognised by influential industry titles. She has been named on the UK Innovate Finance Women in FinTech Powerlist 2020 and 2022. 

She was listed among the seventeen most influential women in Insurtech by FinTech Global.