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Manchester Metropolitan University - Finance

Senior Lecturer (Associate Professor) in Financial Economics
Higher Education
Gavin
Brown
Manchester, United Kingdom
Gavin holds both a Bachelors and MSc degree in Business Management as well as an MBA from the University of Oxford (Said Business School) where he was a Dean's List member. He qualified as an ACA (ICAEW) chartered accountant with PricewaterhouseCoopers (Manchester) in 2006 and went on to work at Merrill Lynch (London) before setting up a hedge fund in 2008. He also holds the Investment Management Certificate (IMC) and PG Cert (Education) qualifications and is currently a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) Level III June 2020 candidate.

Gavin is also a Fellow of the HEA and he is reading towards a PhD in Financial Economics focusing on dual listed arbitrage and price distortion caused by financial instruments with Keele University.

He joined MMU as a Senior Lecturer in 2012 where his teaching interests include corporate finance and financial economics at both UG & PG levels.

Gavin was appointed Fellow (FCA) of the ICAEW effective from 1 November 2016. This is the highest status of membership.

Gavin teaches investment banks and he is also a Non-Executive Director and Co-founder of a start-up cryptocurrency hedge fund.

Gavin specialises in FinTech, Cryptocurrency and Blockchain technology. He is also an educational and corporate strategist.

His specialist professional accounting papers include; ACCA P4 and F9, ICAEW FM, BS, B&F, Case Study and SBM along with CIMA F3, E3 and BA1.

He is an experienced dissertation supervisor and welcomes interest from prospective students in his fields of interest.

Gavin is happily married, has four children and an Irish Setter dog named 'Molly'. He enjoys, walking playing golf, CAMRA and sailing.

Experience

  • Manchester Metropolitan University

    Senior Lecturer (Associate Professor) in Financial Economics

    Senior Lecturer in advanced finance & economics

    Successfully led and defended programme review and approval for the BSc in Economics and Finance in the Department of Economics, Policy and International Business, Manchester Met. The programme will be delivered from September 2020 - July 2028.

    Member of the DLT (Distributed Ledger Technology) Academia Working Group led by BBFA & Lord Holmes. Est 2018.

    Units taught; Corporate Finance & Investments (Final year UG), Economics of Corporate Finance (2nd year UG) and Financial Economics & the Banking Crisis (MSc)

    Experienced dissertation supervisor (MSc & UG) for full-ime, part-time, distance learners and online students.

    PhD research (University of Keele).
    Research technology skills: Bloomberg, Stata, Matlab, EViews and VBA / Excel.

    University Media Ambassador for Finance

    ACCA P4 Advanced Financial Management paper marker (2013 - to date)

    ICAEW Financial Management paper marker (2017 - to date)

    Unit leader ISS scores (out of 5.0): 4.43 (2012/13), 4.68 (2013/14), 4.56 / 5.00 / 4.44 (2014/15), 4.56 / 4.74 (2015-16) and 4.35 / 4.46 / 4.62 (2016-17), 4.55 (2017-18).

    Programme Leader MSc Strategic Business Management (Online & Part-time in partnership with CIMA)

    Pathway Leader: Financial Economics

    Bloomberg Research Coordinator

    Nominated for national finance trainer award with PQ magazine (2015)
    http://www.pqaccountant.com/the-pq-magazine-awards-shortlist.html

    ORCID orcid.org/0000-0002-7610-6536 (https://orcid.org/my-orcid)

    External Examiner for The University of Central Lancashire (UCLAN); MSc Finance & Investment, MSc Finance & Development, MSc Financial Analysis, MSc Finance & Management and MA Accounting & Finance. (2015-2017)

    External Panel Member - Staffordshire University Validation Event at The Faculty of Business, Education & Law (Sep 2013). New BA (Hons) Business Management Level 6 delivery method via Blended Learning

  • Kaplan Financial

    Lecturer

    ACCA, ACA, CIMA, BSc & MBA

    Teaching interests: financial management, accounting and strategy

    Classroom, Live Online & Recorded Online

  • Kaplan Financial

    Head of Regional Higher Education

    Academic Council Member
    Innovation Board Member
    Project Gravity Lead
    National Product Board Member
    Postgraduate student dissertation supervision
    Client tenders

    Teaching interests: advanced finance

    Research interests: International equities, dual-listed companies, arbitrage & pricing anomalies

  • Islandbridge Capital Limited

    CFO Hedge Fund Director

    Authorised by the FSA to perform the following regulated activities;

    CF1 (Director)
    CF10 (Compliance Oversight)
    CF11 (Money Laundering Reporting).

    http://www.fsa.gov.uk/register/indivHistory.do?sid=670438

  • Financial Edge Training

    Associate Lecturer

    Lectured in the classroom for two weeks during the summers of both 2017 & 2018 at some one of the world's top investment banks in New York, and subsequently via online delivery.

    Produced learning content for clients around the globe.

Education

  • University of Keele

    Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)

    Economics
    Topic: Dual listed arbitrage and its implications for price discovery and the efficiency of capital markets Supervisors: Professor Jim Steeley, Professor David Leece and Dr Alena Audzeyeva Mode: Part-time Progression Panel Review passed without conditions (April 2014) Research technology skills: Bloomberg, Stata, EViews, Matlab and VBA / Excel. Electives: Applied Finance (Spring 2015) Conferences: 1st Young Finance Scholars Conference (2014), 2nd Young Finance Scholars Conference (2015)

  • The Manchester Metropolitan University

    PG Cert

    Academic Practice

  • University of Oxford

    Oxford Fintech Programme

    Fintech
    Outcomes: The expertise to draft, strategise and develop disruptive fintech innovations using appropriate tools and techniques The ability to hypothesise about the effect new regulations will have on future commerce products A knowledge of the future of money, markets and transactions, and possible future trends in fintech, regtech and proptech

Publications

  • McDonald’s or Facebook Creating Their Own Cryptos Is Not “Outlandish” Says Blockchain Capital Limited CF

    Blokt

  • McDonald’s or Facebook Creating Their Own Cryptos Is Not “Outlandish” Says Blockchain Capital Limited CF

    Blokt

  • Multinationals like Facebook want to wrestle control of the monetary system away from nation states

    The Metro Newspaper

  • McDonald’s or Facebook Creating Their Own Cryptos Is Not “Outlandish” Says Blockchain Capital Limited CF

    Blokt

  • Multinationals like Facebook want to wrestle control of the monetary system away from nation states

    The Metro Newspaper

  • Cryptocurrency enthusiasts hate, and love, Libra coin

    The Financial Times

  • McDonald’s or Facebook Creating Their Own Cryptos Is Not “Outlandish” Says Blockchain Capital Limited CF

    Blokt

  • Multinationals like Facebook want to wrestle control of the monetary system away from nation states

    The Metro Newspaper

  • Cryptocurrency enthusiasts hate, and love, Libra coin

    The Financial Times

  • Land Rover drivers could be PAID in cryptocurrency for spotting potholes

    The Daily Express Newspaper

    MOTORING icon Jaguar Land Rover is testing a system that will pay drivers in cryptocurrency for reporting traffic congestion or potholes.

  • McDonald’s or Facebook Creating Their Own Cryptos Is Not “Outlandish” Says Blockchain Capital Limited CF

    Blokt

  • Multinationals like Facebook want to wrestle control of the monetary system away from nation states

    The Metro Newspaper

  • Cryptocurrency enthusiasts hate, and love, Libra coin

    The Financial Times

  • Land Rover drivers could be PAID in cryptocurrency for spotting potholes

    The Daily Express Newspaper

    MOTORING icon Jaguar Land Rover is testing a system that will pay drivers in cryptocurrency for reporting traffic congestion or potholes.

  • Bitcoin price reaches a 12 month high: Why the 'crypto winter' may be over

    The Daily Telegraph

  • McDonald’s or Facebook Creating Their Own Cryptos Is Not “Outlandish” Says Blockchain Capital Limited CF

    Blokt

  • Multinationals like Facebook want to wrestle control of the monetary system away from nation states

    The Metro Newspaper

  • Cryptocurrency enthusiasts hate, and love, Libra coin

    The Financial Times

  • Land Rover drivers could be PAID in cryptocurrency for spotting potholes

    The Daily Express Newspaper

    MOTORING icon Jaguar Land Rover is testing a system that will pay drivers in cryptocurrency for reporting traffic congestion or potholes.

  • Bitcoin price reaches a 12 month high: Why the 'crypto winter' may be over

    The Daily Telegraph

  • Cryptocurrency: How Bitcoin and Libra could be the future for ‘normal’ investors and have widespread impact on markets

    The Independent Newspaper

  • McDonald’s or Facebook Creating Their Own Cryptos Is Not “Outlandish” Says Blockchain Capital Limited CF

    Blokt

  • Multinationals like Facebook want to wrestle control of the monetary system away from nation states

    The Metro Newspaper

  • Cryptocurrency enthusiasts hate, and love, Libra coin

    The Financial Times

  • Land Rover drivers could be PAID in cryptocurrency for spotting potholes

    The Daily Express Newspaper

    MOTORING icon Jaguar Land Rover is testing a system that will pay drivers in cryptocurrency for reporting traffic congestion or potholes.

  • Bitcoin price reaches a 12 month high: Why the 'crypto winter' may be over

    The Daily Telegraph

  • Cryptocurrency: How Bitcoin and Libra could be the future for ‘normal’ investors and have widespread impact on markets

    The Independent Newspaper

  • National Radio Live Interview

    BBC Radio 5 Live

    Morning Please see the link below for my BBC Radio 5 Live interview yesterday on Facebook's new currency. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m00061rk The topic discussion begins at 2:21:00 I come in at 2:26:30 Ending at 2:32:30

  • McDonald’s or Facebook Creating Their Own Cryptos Is Not “Outlandish” Says Blockchain Capital Limited CF

    Blokt

  • Multinationals like Facebook want to wrestle control of the monetary system away from nation states

    The Metro Newspaper

  • Cryptocurrency enthusiasts hate, and love, Libra coin

    The Financial Times

  • Land Rover drivers could be PAID in cryptocurrency for spotting potholes

    The Daily Express Newspaper

    MOTORING icon Jaguar Land Rover is testing a system that will pay drivers in cryptocurrency for reporting traffic congestion or potholes.

  • Bitcoin price reaches a 12 month high: Why the 'crypto winter' may be over

    The Daily Telegraph

  • Cryptocurrency: How Bitcoin and Libra could be the future for ‘normal’ investors and have widespread impact on markets

    The Independent Newspaper

  • National Radio Live Interview

    BBC Radio 5 Live

    Morning Please see the link below for my BBC Radio 5 Live interview yesterday on Facebook's new currency. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m00061rk The topic discussion begins at 2:21:00 I come in at 2:26:30 Ending at 2:32:30

  • Facebook’s libra has staggering potential – state control of money could end

    The Conversation

  • McDonald’s or Facebook Creating Their Own Cryptos Is Not “Outlandish” Says Blockchain Capital Limited CF

    Blokt

  • Multinationals like Facebook want to wrestle control of the monetary system away from nation states

    The Metro Newspaper

  • Cryptocurrency enthusiasts hate, and love, Libra coin

    The Financial Times

  • Land Rover drivers could be PAID in cryptocurrency for spotting potholes

    The Daily Express Newspaper

    MOTORING icon Jaguar Land Rover is testing a system that will pay drivers in cryptocurrency for reporting traffic congestion or potholes.

  • Bitcoin price reaches a 12 month high: Why the 'crypto winter' may be over

    The Daily Telegraph

  • Cryptocurrency: How Bitcoin and Libra could be the future for ‘normal’ investors and have widespread impact on markets

    The Independent Newspaper

  • National Radio Live Interview

    BBC Radio 5 Live

    Morning Please see the link below for my BBC Radio 5 Live interview yesterday on Facebook's new currency. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m00061rk The topic discussion begins at 2:21:00 I come in at 2:26:30 Ending at 2:32:30

  • Facebook’s libra has staggering potential – state control of money could end

    The Conversation

  • Algorithms, Blockchain & Cryptocurrency: Implications for the Future of the Workplace

    Emerald Publishing

    The convergence of Algorithms, Blockchain and Cryptocurrency has the potential to fundamentally disrupt the current world of work. This book investigates the effects of this on the worker, the organisation and the economy, by considering a future where the traditional power relationships between workers and firms no longer apply. Using the term “Bitwork” to define this future world of work, the book proposes the idea of the Bitworker who is highly flexible, holds multiple roles, and has multiple incomes. Chapters consider the potential winners and losers of this technological pivot by exploring implications such as: •the expanding array of currencies; •training and education; •retirement and loyalty; •profit and power within organizations; •economic policy. The book’s comprehensive recommendations on how workers, organisations and nation states will need to adapt to prosper in this new world, provide a useful survival guide for researchers, practitioners and policy makers working on behavioural economics, economic policy and the future of work.

  • McDonald’s or Facebook Creating Their Own Cryptos Is Not “Outlandish” Says Blockchain Capital Limited CF

    Blokt

  • Multinationals like Facebook want to wrestle control of the monetary system away from nation states

    The Metro Newspaper

  • Cryptocurrency enthusiasts hate, and love, Libra coin

    The Financial Times

  • Land Rover drivers could be PAID in cryptocurrency for spotting potholes

    The Daily Express Newspaper

    MOTORING icon Jaguar Land Rover is testing a system that will pay drivers in cryptocurrency for reporting traffic congestion or potholes.

  • Bitcoin price reaches a 12 month high: Why the 'crypto winter' may be over

    The Daily Telegraph

  • Cryptocurrency: How Bitcoin and Libra could be the future for ‘normal’ investors and have widespread impact on markets

    The Independent Newspaper

  • National Radio Live Interview

    BBC Radio 5 Live

    Morning Please see the link below for my BBC Radio 5 Live interview yesterday on Facebook's new currency. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m00061rk The topic discussion begins at 2:21:00 I come in at 2:26:30 Ending at 2:32:30

  • Facebook’s libra has staggering potential – state control of money could end

    The Conversation

  • Algorithms, Blockchain & Cryptocurrency: Implications for the Future of the Workplace

    Emerald Publishing

    The convergence of Algorithms, Blockchain and Cryptocurrency has the potential to fundamentally disrupt the current world of work. This book investigates the effects of this on the worker, the organisation and the economy, by considering a future where the traditional power relationships between workers and firms no longer apply. Using the term “Bitwork” to define this future world of work, the book proposes the idea of the Bitworker who is highly flexible, holds multiple roles, and has multiple incomes. Chapters consider the potential winners and losers of this technological pivot by exploring implications such as: •the expanding array of currencies; •training and education; •retirement and loyalty; •profit and power within organizations; •economic policy. The book’s comprehensive recommendations on how workers, organisations and nation states will need to adapt to prosper in this new world, provide a useful survival guide for researchers, practitioners and policy makers working on behavioural economics, economic policy and the future of work.

  • Blockchain Capital Limited Co-Founder: We’ll See One or a Handful of Cryptos Win

    Cointelegraph