Ferdinand PETRA
Affiliate Professor
Finance

Biography
Ferdinand Petra is Affiliate Professor of Finance at HEC Paris since 2014 where he teaches several classes: Corporate Finance, M&A, an Investment Banking academy (corporate valuation, M&A, LBO), an Investment Banking Elective and Excel modelling.
He has been Executive Director of the Master in International Finance in 2015-2016. He is also in charge of coaching students and preparing them to Investment Banking interviews (CV, cover letter review, mock interviews, questions’ database management).
Mr. Petra began his career in M&A at J.P. Morgan both in London and Paris for 4 years, followed by 6 years as French Client coverage officer at Barclays Capital in Paris.
Mr. Petra conducts as well analyst training for banks, SWF and Corporates and does Professional Coaching (ferdinand-petra.com).
Ferdinand Petra graduated from the HEC MBA in 2002.
Education
Academic appointments
Academic responsabilities at HEC
- 2014- Affiliate Professor, Finance HEC Paris