Maria Carapeto | Faculty | The London Institute of Banking & Finance

Maria is our Head of Faculty, Associate Professor, and Academic Community Representative on the Board.

Maria is an experienced lecturer with a 30-year career in ten HE Institutions in Portugal and the UK. She has taught 60 different modules, ranging from Finance & Economics, Statistics & Econometrics, to Research Methods and Work-based Learning, at undergraduate, MSc, MBA, and PhD levels. Her previous employment was with Cass Business School, City, University of London.

Expertise
Corporate Finance, Corporate Bankruptcy, Mergers & Acquisitions, Corporate Restructuring, Banking, Corporate Governance.

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Experience

Cass Business School, City University of London, Various roles including Senior Teaching Fellow, Senior Lecturer, Lecturer, Director/Admissions Tutor, BSc Banking and International Finance, Co-Director, BSc Finance, Director, Exemptions for Finance and Business Degrees for the UG Programme, Year Tutor: 2000 – 2016.

Mergers & Acquisitions Research Centre (MARC), Cass Business School, City University of London, Deputy Director: 2008 – 2012.

Portuguese Catholic University (Lisbon), Invited Lecturer: 2001 – 2009.

CLT Conferences, Invited Lecturer: 2005 – 2007.

Lancaster University Management School, Invited Lecturer: 2006.

London Business School, University of London, Various positions including Research Assistant, Teaching Assistant, Tutor, Marker: 1995 – 2000.

Lisbon Naval College (Lisbon), Lecturer: 1992 – 1995.

Portuguese Catholic University (Leiria), Lecturer: 1993 – 1994.

Portuguese Catholic University (Lisbon), Teaching Fellow: 1989 – 1994.

Centre for Applied Studies, Portuguese Catholic University (Lisbon), Consultant for Lisbon Stock Exchange, Portuguese Association of Ceramics: 1989 – 1994.

Maria Ulrich Higher Institute of Education (Lisbon), Lecturer: 1991 – 1992.

Higher Technical Institute (Lisbon), Tutor, 1989.

Instituto Superior de Ciencias do Trabalho e da Empresa (ISCTE) (Lisbon), Teaching Fellow, 1988 – 1989.

Banco de Fomento e Exterior (Lisbon), Special Credit Operations Department, Credit Evaluation Technician: 1988.

Education & professional qualifications

Level 5 Award in Management Coaching and Mentoring – Coaching Practice and Theory, Chartered Management Institute: 2018 – 2019.

PhD, Finance, London Business School, University of London: 1995 – 2000.

MBA, International Management, Portuguese Catholic University (Lisbon): 1992 – 1994.

Postgraduate Diploma, Applied Mathematics in Economics and Management - Econometrics and Statistics, Higher Institute of Economics of the Technical University of Lisbon (Lisbon): 1989 – 1990.

‘Licenciatura’ (equivalent to MSc), Economics, Portuguese Catholic University (Lisbon) (completed one year early): 1984 – 1988.

Consulting

Lisbon Stock Exchange, Portuguese Association of Ceramics, Ernst & Young, Bureau van Dijk.

Languages

Portuguese (fluent), English (fluent), French (intermediate - rusty), Spanish (basic), Italian (basic), Dutch (basic).

Selected publications

Carapeto, M, Acosta, M (2012) 'Why protect financial markets?'. Risk Governance and Control: Financial Markets and Institutions 2(4), pp. 25-39. (by invitation)

Moeller, S, Carapeto, M (2012) 'Acquiring Distressed and Bankrupt Concerns'. In Faulkner, D; Teerikangas, S.; Joseph, R. (ed.), The Handbook of Mergers and Acquisitions. Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press, pp.272-284. (by invitation)

Carapeto M, Moeller, S, Faelten, A, Vitkova, V, Bortolotto, L (2011) ‘Distress classification measures in the banking sector’. Risk Governance and Control: Financial Markets and Institutions 1(4), pp.19-30.

Carapeto, M, Gietzmann, MB, (2011) ‘Sell-side analyst bias when investment banks have privileged access to the board’. Financial Management 40(3), pp.757-784.

Carapeto, M, Moeller, S, Faelten, A, Vitkova, V, Bortolotto, L (2010) 'Distress resolution strategies in the banking sector: Implications for global financial crises'. In Kim, SJ, Mckenzie, MD (ed), International Finance Review 11 - International Banking in the New Era: Post-Crisis Challenges and Opportunities 11, pp.337-362. (by invitation)

Duarte, C, Esperança, J, Curto, D, Santos, M, Carapeto, M (2010) ‘The determinants of gender pay gap in Portuguese private firms’. Gender in Management: An International Journal 25(6), pp.438-461.

Duarte, C, Carapeto, M, Pereira, I (2010) ‘The fable paradigm of the gender pay gap: Evidence from Portuguese private firms’. Chinese Business Review 9(3), pp.1-13.

Duarte C, Santos, MC, Carapeto, M (2009) 'A perspectiva do género nas políticas de remuneração como requisito de governo justo das sociedades'. Revista Portuguesa e Brasileira de Gestão, 8(3), pp.35-45.

Carapeto, M (2007) ‘An examination of multiple plans in Chapter 11 reorganizations’. Journal of Financial Stability 3(3), pp.279-293.

Carapeto, M (2006) ‘Explaining deviations from absolute priority rules’. Journal of Empirical Legal Studies 3(3), pp.543-560.

Carapeto, M (2005) ‘Emerging patterns in deviations from absolute priority rules in bankruptcy’. Journal of Restructuring Finance 2(2), pp.101-109. (by invitation)

Carapeto, M (2005) ‘Bankruptcy bargaining with outside options and strategic delay’. Journal of Corporate Finance 11(4), pp.736-746.

Carapeto, M, Shah, A, (2005) ‘Optimal capital structure in the Telecoms industry: Myth or reality?’. Journal of Restructuring Finance 2(2), pp.189-201.

Carapeto, M, Holt, W, Refenes, APN (2003) ‘On model complexity and selection’, Journal of Statistical Computation and Simulation 73(1), pp.45-57.

Carapeto M, Holt, W (2003) ‘Testing for heteroscedasticity in regression models’. Journal of Applied Statistics 30(1), pp.13-20.