Biography:

Dr. Don Bredin joined the School of Business, UCD in 2002 from the Research Department of the Central Bank of Ireland. He has also previously worked at City University, London and the University of Newcastle, UK. He undertook his PhD in Economics at the University of Newcastle examining asset returns and the real economy. His main research interests are modeling risk in financial markets, monetary transmission and energy finance. Don currently lectures Applied Portfolio Management, International Finance and Time Series Econometrics to the MSc Quantitative Finance and MBS Finance students. Since 2006 he has been Programme Director for the BSc in Economics & Finance at the Quinn School of Business, UCD.