Rudy Aernoudt

Rudy Aernoudt is Senior Economist, Chief Economist Team at the Eurpopean Commission. He is also Professor Corporate Finance and European policy with an outstanding International and European experience
(MIT, European Commission, European Council and European Social and Economic Committee). Experienced and skilled in Corporate Social Responsibility. Masters in Thomistic Philosophy (KUL), Economy (KUL)
and European economy (college of Europe). Co-founder of EBAN, the European Business Angels Network and of FREE (the Foundation for the Research on Education and Entrepreneurship). Columnist (FD Magazine, CXO and Trends)
and author of several books (30+) and papers (300+) on corporate finance, politics and economics. His handbooks ‘Financial Management in Practice’ and ‘Entrepreneurship, no guts, no glory’ (both Intersentia, Cambridge),
are widely used both in the academic and the business world.