Eskandar
Tooma is Assistant Professor of Finance, Finance Unit Head and
the Director of the Citadel Capital Financial Service Center
(CCFC) with the Department of Management at The American University
in Cairo and member of the American Economic Association (AEA)
and the American Finance Association (AFA). He is also the Secretary
General of the African Finance Association.
Professor
Tooma obtained his B.A. in Business from The American University
in Cairo and Adelphi University . Dr. Tooma holds two M.S. degrees,
the first in Finance and the second in International Economics
from Adelphi and Brandeis Universities respectively. Finally,
he holds a Ph.D. in Finance from Brandeis University .
Professor
Tooma is a specialist in financial economics. His writings focus
on volatility dynamics and forecasting in emerging stock markets
as well as market microstructure. Subsequent research is in
the areas of Asset Pricing, Portfolio Theory and Stock Market
Regulations. Currently, he is writing Finance Case Studies that
are used worldwide as teaching aids in both graduate and undergraduate
classes.
Dr.
Tooma is married to Ms. Aline Farah and they have a baby girl,
Pascale, who is 2 year old.
