Dr Ioannis Moutzouris

About

Overview

Ioannis is the Associate Dean for Employability and Engagement; an Onassis Associate Professor of Shipping Finance and Sustainability; and the Shipping and Energy Research Programme Lead at Bayes Business School (formerly Cass), City St George's, University of London. He acts as a Principal Academic Adviser at the UK Department for Transport.

He is a Co-Investigator, leading the “Digitisation, Maritime Operations, and Finance” theme, of the UK National Clean Maritime Research Hub (UK-MaRes Hub). This is a £21.3 million national research partnership that aims to accelerate the decarbonisation and elimination of air pollution from maritime activity in ports and at sea. Ioannis is also the UK Academic Director of the Greek Energy Forum.

Ioannis studied Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering at the National Technical University of Athens (BEng and MEng). He holds an MSc in Shipping, Trade and Finance; an MRes in Finance; and a PhD in Finance from Bayes Business School (formerly Cass), City St George's, University of London. 

He joined The Costas Grammenos Centre for Shipping, Trade and Finance in 2013 as a PhD researcher. He then worked as a Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Digital Currencies (for an EPSRC-BoE project); a Visiting Lecturer in Finance; as an Onassis* Fellow in Shipping Analytics, Finance, and Fintech; an Onassis* Lecturer in Finance; and a Lecturer in Shipping Finance and Analytics. Furthermore, he was the Director of the MSc in Energy, Trade and Finance from August 2021 to July 2023.

Ioannis lectures in Data Analytics for Energy, Shipping, Trade and Finance; Mathematics for Management and Finance; Research Methods and Professional Skills; and Shipping Economics and Finance at BSc, MSc, and GMBA programmes. His primary areas of research are shipping finance and economics with a focus on sustainability. His work has been published in leading shipping, energy, commodity, and finance academic journals. 

Ioannis has worked as a Supervising Naval Architect and Marine Engineer at the construction of Peers 2 and 3 at the Piraeus Container Terminal in Greece and as a consultant in the shipping industry.

*The Onassis Foundation had launched a partnership with Bayes Business School (formerly Cass), funding a fellowship/lectureship/senior lectureship/associate professorship in areas related to Shipping Analytics, Finance, Sustainability, and Fintech from December 2019 to December 2026. The position has been taken up by Dr Ioannis Moutzouris. The Onassis Foundation continues to support the Financial, International Trade, and Shipping sectors, in which Aristotle Onassis himself excelled.

Qualifications

• Senior Fellow (SFHEA), Higher Education Academy
• Fellow (FHEA), Higher Education Academy
• Introductory Certificate in Teaching in Higher Education (CLTHE), Higher Education Academy
• PhD in Finance, Bayes Business School (formerly Cass), City St George's, University of London, United Kingdom
• MRes in Finance, Bayes Business School (formerly Cass), City St George's, University of London, United Kingdom
• MSc in Shipping, Trade and Finance, Bayes Business School (formerly Cass), City St George's, University of London, United Kingdom
• BSc and MEng in Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering, National Technical University of Athens, Greece

Employment

• Onassis Associate Professor of Shipping Finance and Sustainability, Bayes Business School (formerly Cass), City St George's, University of London, United Kingdom, August 2024 - present
• UK Academic Director, Greek Energy Forum, United Kingdom, November 2023 - present
• Principal Academic Adviser, Department for Transport, United Kingdom, September 2023 - present
• Onassis Senior Lecturer in Shipping Finance and Analytics, Bayes Business School (formerly Cass), City St George's, University of London, United Kingdom, August 2023 - July 2024
• Associate Dean for Employability and Engagement, Bayes Business School (formerly Cass), City St George's, University of London, United Kingdom, May 2023 - present
• Lecturer in Shipping Finance and Analytics, Bayes Business School (formerly Cass), City St George's, University of London, United Kingdom, August 2022 - July 2023
• Director, MSc Energy, Trade and Finance, Bayes Business School (formerly Cass), City St George's, University of London, United Kingdom, August 2021 - July 2023
• Onassis Lecturer in Finance, Bayes Business School (formerly Cass), City St George's, University of London, United Kingdom, January 2021 - July 2022
• Shipping and Energy Research Programme Lead, Bayes Business School (formerly Cass), City St George's, University of London, United Kingdom, August 2020 - present
• Academic Adviser and Maritime Analyst, Department for Transport, United Kingdom, January 2020 - August 2023
• Onassis Fellow in Shipping Analytics, Finance and Fintech, Bayes Business School (formerly Cass), City St George's, University of London, United Kingdom, December 2019 - December 2020
• Maritime Analyst, Department for Transport, United Kingdom, August 2018 - September 2019
• Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Digital Currencies, Bayes Business School (formerly Cass), City St George's, University of London, United Kingdom, March 2018 - November 2019
• Visiting Lecturer in Finance, Bayes Business School (formerly Cass), City St George's, University of London, United Kingdom, September 2017 - November 2019
• Teaching and Research Assistant in Finance, Bayes Business School (formerly Cass), City St George's, University of London, United Kingdom, September 2015 - August 2017

Languages

English and Greek, Modern (1453-)

Expertise

Primary topics

• Finance
• Shipping
• Shipping, Trade & Finance

Additional topics

• Asset Pricing
• Asset Valuation
• Commodities

Industries

• shipping
• commodities

Geographic Areas

• Europe - Western

Publications