Julian Franks

Professor of Finance, London Business School 

Julian Franks is Professor of Finance at the London Business School and the former Director of the Institute of Finance and Accounting at the School. He is widely published, in which his research focuses on bankruptcy and financial distress, corporate ownership and control, cost of capital and regulation. Recently, his work on ownership and control (with Colin Mayer and Stefano Rossi) has won two international prizes. Two of his published papers have been awarded prizes for the ‘best paper’ of the year. He is Associate Editor of five finance journals, a member of various advisory boards and consults widely.

He served as a member of the DTI-Treasury committee for reviewing the UK’s insolvency code and was a member of one of The Company Law Review’s committees on corporate governance. He is an advisor to both Ofcom and BAA on regulatory matters and is on a committee of experts advising the education minister on a PFI investment program for schools. He has been a Visiting Professor at the University of California at both Berkeley and Los Angeles.