Alvaro Gallegos Jurado
​​​​Promotor: Kristien Smedts                                                            Co-promotor: Gunther Wuyts                                    

Essays on Banking Regulation and Household Entrepreneurial Finance

First placement: 

Eva Verschueren
​​​​Promotor: Katrien Antonio                                                            Co-promotor: Wim Schoutens                                    

Modern contributions in quantitative finance: on derivatives pricing and sustainable capital

First placement: Post-Doc @ KU Leuven

Carola Theunisz
​​​​Promotor: Hans Degryse                                                            Co-promotor: Mike Mariathasan                                    

Essays on Contemporary Challenges in Banking

First placement: Post-Doc @ Frankfurt School of Finance & Management

Mathilde Verschaeve
​​​​Promotor: Alexandra Van den Abbeele                                          Co-promotor: Eddy Cardinaels                                    

The Anatomy of Management Control Systems in Health Care

First placement: 

Ditmir Sufaj
​​​​Promotor: Marleen Willekens                                                          Co-promotor: Ann Gaeremynck                                    

Essays on Audit Regulation and Audit Market Competition

First placement: Operational Risk Manager @ KBC

Elien Voermans
​​​​Promotor: Martine Cools                                                            Co-promotor: Alexandra Van den Abbeele                                    

A Management Control Perspective on the Advice-Seeker's Dilemma

First placement: Assistant Professor @ Erasmus University Rotterdam

Lisa Van Den Branden
​​​​Promotor: Frederiek Schoubben                                                    Co-promotor: Cynthia Van Hulle                                             

Resilience of insurance companies worldwide: moderating effects of regulatory quality and competition

First placement: Data Analyst @ FSMA

Ivan Markovic
​​​​Promotor: Gunther Wuyts                                                          Co-promotor: Kristien Smedts​​​​                                                  

Essays on the Theory of Financial Market Microstructure

First placement: Assistant professor @ University of Exeter

Ozan Güler
​​​​Promotor: Klaas Mulier                                                      Promotor: Mike Mariathasan ​​​​                                                  

Essays on Corporate Finance

First placement: Post-Doc @ Universitat Pompeu Fabra

Kristof Struyfs
​​​​Promotor: Cynthia Van Hulle                                                        Co-promotor: Nico Dewaelheyns ​​​​                                                  Co-promotor: Frederiek Schoubben  

Essays on the influence of environmental regulation on firms’ strategies and value: the case of the EU ETS

First placement: Assistant professor @ Open Universiteit

Elizaveta Sizova
​​​​Promotor: Mike Mariathasan                                                      Co-promotor: Hans Degryse 

Essays on banking and risk-sensitive capital regulation

First placement: Assistant professor @ NHH (Norwegian School of Economics)

Liliana Dewaele
​​​​Promotor: ​Alexandra Van den Abbeele                                        Co-promotor: Eddy Cardinaels 

The consequences of incentive program design on employee behavior

First placement: Assistant professor @ Open Universiteit

Roel Henckaerts
​​​​Promotor: ​ Katrien Antonio

Insurance pricing in the era of machine learning and telematics technology

First placement: Prophecy Labs​​​​​

Sander Devriendt
​​​​Promotor: ​ Katrien Antonio

Sparse predictive modeling techniques with applications in insurance pricing and mortality forecasting

First placement: NBB

Nikolaos Karagiannis
​​​​Promotor: ​ Hans Degryse    

Essays in Empirical Banking and Finance.

First placement:

Charlotte Antoons
​​​​Promotor: ​ Liesbeth Bruynseels                                                      Co-promotor: Eddy Cardinaels 

The influence of compensation committee composition on CEO pay

First placement: ​​​​​

Jeroen Vander Cruyssen
​​​​Promotor: ​ Ann Gaeremynck                                                          Co-promotor: Marleen Willekens 

Essays on the competitive effects of bundling audit and non-audit services.

First placement: Economic Advisor @ The Belgian Competition Authority

Thi Hien Tang
​​​​Promotor: ​Hans Degryse
Co-promotor: Mike Mariathasan 

Essays on banking and corporate governance.

First placement: Finance Data analyst @ ING, Belgium

Jonas Crevecoeur
​​​​Promotor: ​Katrien Antonio 

Methods for claim reserving in non-life insurance: modeling the occurrence, reporting and development of individual claims

First placement: Postdoc @ KU Leuven

Phuong Doan Nguyen Trang
​​​​Promotor: ​Ann Gaeremynck
Co-promotor:  Piet Sercu 

Employee directorship, corporate performance and reporting practices: a cross-country study.

Victor Simon Zuiddam
​​​​Promotor: Amin Salimi Sofla
Co-promotor: Marleen Willekens 

Essays on the Impact of Client Personnel and Regulation on Auditing

First placement: Postdoc @ KU Leuven 
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Anne-Florence Allard
​​​​Promotor: Kristien Smedts
Co-promotor: Gunther Wuyts 

Essays on financial market stability.

First placement: Lecturer @ Univerisity of Bristol 
 

Karim Barigou
​​​​Promotor: ​Jan Dhaene

Fair valuation of insurance liabilities: interplay between actuarial judgement and market-consistency

First placement: Postdoc @ ISFA, Lyon

Sander De Groote
​​​​Promotor: ​Liesbeth Bruynseels
Co-promotor: Ann Gaeremynck 

Determinants and consequences of director insider trading behavior

First placement: Lecturer @ UNSW, Sydney
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Hamza Hanbali
​​​​Promotor: Jan Dhaene

Systematic risk in long-term insurance business

First placement: Lecturer @ Monash, Melbourne

Dieter Smeulders
​​​​Promotor: ​Alexandra Van den Abbeele

Acquisition decisions under uncertainty: A management accounting perspective​​​

First placement: Assistant professor @ KU Leuven