Robert Hudson

Professor Robert Hudson is a Professor of Finance at Hull University Business School where he teaches on a number of executive, postgraduate and undergraduate modules. Robert is a Fellow of the Institute of Actuaries and a Chartered Mathematician and has extensive business and consultancy experience.

His main research interests are in financial markets, the financial services industry and the financial behaviour of individuals. Robert is the author of a book on stock market investment, over fifty refereed articles in leading international journals and a range of other publications and has presented at many universities and international conferences. His research has won a number of awards and has been featured in local and national media.

Prior to this post, Robert was a Professor of Finance and head of the Economics group at the University of Newcastle and prior to that was a senior lecturer at the University of Leeds. He has extensive experience of curriculum development and has created a number of new modules and degrees. He has also obtained substantial funding from research bodies and commercial organisations. Before entering the academic world he worked in the financial services industry for a number of years and he is committed to linking his teaching and research to practice.