Jan Bena

Jan Bena is an Associate Professor in the Finance Division at the Sauder School of Business, the University of British Columbia (UBC). After an entrepreneurship spell combined with doctoral studies in economics at the Center for Economic Research and Graduate Education – Economics Institute (CERGE-EI), Jan earned a Ph.D. in finance from the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE).

Research interests

• Innovation: Corporate innovation. Asset pricing of technological progress.
• Private equity: Corporate ownership structure. Frictions in raising external finance.
• Entrepreneurship: Ownership of startup companies.
• Finance and industrial organization: Product market interactions.

Companies

• Academic Director UBC Portfolio Management Foundation (2021)
• Advisor, Aquanow DeFi Lab at Blockchain@UBC The University of British Columbia (2021)
• Finance Division Chair UBC Sauder School of Business (2020)
• Bank of Montreal Chair in International Finance UBC Sauder School of Business (2019)
• Associate Professor UBC Sauder School of Business (2017)
• President Northern Finance Association (NFA) (2019 — 2020)
• Ph.D. Advisor for Finance UBC Sauder School of Business (2017 — 2020)
• Program Chair of the 31st Annual Conference - 2019 NFA Vancouver Northern Finance Association (NFA) (2018 — 2019)
• Assistant Professor UBC Sauder School of Business (2009 — 2017)

Education

• Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) (2006 — 2009)
• Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) CERGE-EI (2002 — 2006)