She undertook doctoral studies on a scholarship at the Cass Business School, City University, London, UK, from which she obtained a Ph.D. in Accounting in 2007. She is also a CFA Charterholder. She further holds an M.Sc. in International Securities, Investment and Banking from the ICMA Centre, University of Reading (2002), and she graduated from the Athens University of Economics and Business with a B.A. in Economics in 2001. Before joining ESCP Europe, she held academic positions at the Henley Business School, University of Reading, and the Athens University of Economics and Business, while she was an academic visitor at the Queen Mary University of London during 2015-2016. She has extensive teaching experience in financial and management accounting at undergraduate and postgraduate levels since 2005, and she is a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (HEA) of the UK.