Ahmad Rahnema


Ahmad Rahnema is Professor, Deputy Associated Dean for Faculty, Director of Financial Management Department and holder of the Fuel Freedom Chair for Energy and Social Development at IESE.

Prof. Rahnema has previously lectured at AB Freeman School of Business, Tulane (New Orleans, USA), Istituto di Studi per la Direzione e Gestione di Impresa (Naples, Italy), Universitätsseminar der Wirtschaft, Schloss Gracht (Erftstadt, Germany), CEDEP (Fontainebleau, France), IPADE (Universidad Panamericano, México), IAE (Universidad Austral, Argentina), AESE (Lisbon, Portugal), Universidade Nova de Lisboa (Portugal), IEEM (Universidad de Montevideo, Uruguay), IDE (Quito, Ecuador), Universidad Adolfo Ibañez (Viña del Mar, Chile) and Instituto Internacional San Telmo (Seville, Spain).

He is co-editor of the International Journal of Finance Education, a member of the editorial board of the journal Harvard Deusto: Business Review and the President of The Spanish Financial Forum of London (UK).

Ahmad Rahnema has authored and co-authored several books. Recent examples include Finanzas Internacionales, 2006, and Basilea II, Una nueva forma de relación Banca-Empresa (with IESE Professor Jordi Soley), 2004. His articles have been published in specialized journals as well as general and business publications. Among others, one can mention “Nokia´s Growing Cash Mountain,” published in the International Journal of Finance Education in January 2005, and “Basilea II: Una nueva forma de relación banca-empresa” (Basel II: A New Bank-Company Relationship) which appeared in Finanzas & Contabilidad in April 2005.

Prof. Rahnema has worked on a variety of consulting assignments for a number of leading Spanish and international companies. His research has mainly dealt with international finance, risk management and means of payment.

Areas of interest

  • Energy and social development
  • Financial risk management
  • Global financial institutions
  • Corporate finance

IESE Business School
Professor of Financial Management

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Blog: http://blog.iese.edu/rahnema/