Jacques OLIVIER

Jacques Olivier is Professor of Finance at HEC Paris. He received his Ph.D. from the University of Pennsylvania in 1996. He works on topics related to financial theory and economics of information. His article about the impact on stock prices of improper use of CAPM-based valuation methods in the context of M&As, joint with Olivier Dessaint (Insead), Clemens Otto (Singapore Management University) and David Thesmar (MIT) and published in the Review of Financial Studies, received the Michael J. Brennan award in 2022.

Jacques Olivier was the coordinator of the Finance and Economics Department from 2003 to 2006 and was in charge of Finance master programs from 2007 to 2015. He served as the HEC Dean of Faculty and Research for two mandates, from 2016 to 2022. He received the Pierre Vernimmen - HEC - BNP Paribas teaching award in 1998. He serves as Board Member for the GENES since 2017.