Teaching team

Edith Littich (WU) is Associate Professor of the Institute for Finance, Banking and Insurance and Dean for International Affairs at WU Vienna University of Economics and Business.

Stephan Bauer (WU) is a business and public sector consultant, and founder and managing director of Duende Management Consulting in Berlin. He is a university lecturer at several universities amongst others Technical University of Dresden. His interests include transportation industries, energy systems, organizational design and change management.

João Pinto (CPBS) is a Professor of Finance at Católica Porto Business school and Vice-president at Catholic University of Portugal – Porto. He holds a PhD in Business and Management Studies, with a specialization in Finance. He was a visiting scholar at Michael F. Price College of Business - The University of Oklahoma. Professor Pinto has worked with public and private firms on valuation, financing decisions, cost-benefit analysis, project finance, corporate restructuring and due diligence. He has published refereed articles in several academic journals, including the Journal of Corporate Finance, the European Journal of Finance, Finance Research Letters, and Investment Management and Financial Innovations. Current projects include analysis on the firm's choice of project financing over corporate financing; banks bond choice and capital structure; sustainable finance; the impact of ECB’s asset purchase programs on firms’ cost of borrowing and financing choices.

Alexandra Leitão (CPBS) is Assistant Professor at Universidade Católica Portuguesa, Católica Porto Business School and holds a PhD in Environmental Economics from Nova School of Business and Economics and a master’s degree in Finance from Faculdade de Economia, Universidade do Porto. Alexandra has research interests and publications in Environmental and Natural Resource Economics, Sustainability and Circular Economy.

Raquel Campos Franco (CPBS) is Assistant Professor of Strategy at Católica Porto Business School and holds a PhD from the School of Management of the University of Bath, United Kingdom. Raquel has developed pioneering work in the field of non-profits in Portugal, having led the team that integrated the International Comparative Non-profit Sector Project led by Lester Salamon at Johns Hopkins University. Since then she has developed work for the European Commission and the European Foundation Centre, for Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, for the Centre for Social Investment at the University of Heidelberg and for the Portuguese Foundation Centre, all focused on philanthropy and the non-profit sector. Her present research interests include strategy, social impact, capacity-building of non-profit organisations, as well as cultural and religious diversity and management.