Amir Alizadeh Masoodian

Amir Alizadeh is Professor of Shipping Economics and Finance and a member of faculty at the Costas Grammenos Centre for Shipping Trade and Finance. Currently, he lectures in Advanced Quantitative Methods, Shipping Investment and Finance, Oil and Energy Transportation & Logistics, Econometric Modelling, Shipping Risk Management, Energy & Weather Derivatives, and Energy Project Investment and Finance.

His research interest includes, modelling freight markets and markets for ships, derivatives and risk management in financial and commodity markets, and forecasting. He has published in several academic journals in the area of transportation, finance and economics. He also has visiting positions at University of Geneva and Copenhagen Business School and the ESCP Europe. He also serves on the Editorial Board of Transportation Research Part E, Maritime Policy and Management, Maritime Business Review, Journal of Multinational Finance, and Logistics, while is a member of the scientific committee of the Swiss Research Institute on Commodities (SRIC).

He has been in close contact with the industry, acting as an adviser and consultant for a number of the trading and shipping companies and institutions including the A P Moller Maersk, Baltic Exchange, Danish Maritime Cluster, OW Bunker, Overseas Shipholding Group, Swiss Shipping and Trading Association (STSA), Barclays Capital, Standard Chartered Bank, among others.

Qualifications

MSc (City) and PhD (City).

Languages

Persian (can read, write and speak).

Expertise

Primary Topics

• Commodities
• Shipping, Trade & Finance
• Risk Management
• International Trade
• Transportation
• Investment Management
• Derivatives
• Bond Markets
• Qualitative Research Methods
• Risk Modelling
• Econometrics
• Asset Valuation

Additional Topics

• Finance
• Futures & OptionsSimulation Methods
• Industries/Professions

Industries/Professions

• commodities
• energy
• shipbuilding
• transportation

Research Topics

• Speed optimisation in shipping operations
• Hedging and risk management in freight markets
• Shipping investment and market conditions
• Shipping freight rates and stock market returns

Book

Alizadeh, A.H. and Nomikos, N.K. (2009). Shipping Derivatives and Risk Management. El Agraa, (Ed.), Palgrave-McMillan. ISBN 978-0-230-21591-7.

Chapters (6)

• Alizadeh, A.H. and Nomikos, N.K. (2012). Ship Finance: Hedging Ship Price Risk Using Freight Derivatives. The Blackwell Companion to Maritime Economics (pp. 433–451). ISBN 978-1-4443-3024-3.
• Alizadeh, A.H. and Nomikos, N. (2011). An investigation into the effect of risk management on the profitability of shipping investment and operations. In Cullinane, K. (Ed.), (pp. 121–143). EDWARD ELGAR PUBLISHING LTD.
• Alizadeh, A.H. and Nomikos, N. (2010). An Overview of the Dry Bulk Shipping Industry. In Grammenos, C.T. (Ed.), The Handbook of Maritime Economics and Business London: Lloyd's List.
• Nomikos, N. and Alizadeh, A.H. (2010). Managing Freight Rate Risk using Freight Derivatives: An Overview of the Evidence. In Grammenos, C.T. (Ed.), The Handbook of Maritime Economics and Business London: Lloyd's List.
• Nomikos, N. and Alizadeh, A.H. (2002). Risk Management in the Shipping Industry: Theory and Practice. In Grammenos, C.T. (Ed.), The Handbook of Maritime Economics and Business (pp. 693–730). London: LLP Professional Publishing. ISBN 978-1-84311-195-5.
• Nomikos, N.K. and Alizadeh, A.H. (2002). The Dry Bulk Shipping Market. In Grammenos, C.T. (Ed.), The Handbook of Maritime Economics and Business (pp. 227–250). London: LLP Professional Publishing. ISBN 978-1-84311-195-5.

Course Directorship

• 2002 - 2008, MSc Energy, Trade & Finance, Director