George Tsetsekos, Ph.D.

George Tsetsekos is dean emeritus and the Francis Professor of Finance at Drexel University’s LeBow College of Business. He served as dean of LeBow (2002-2012) and under his transformative leadership the College achieved important quality milestones including recognition by BusinessWeek, Entrepreneur-Princeton Review, Financial Times and U.S. News & World Report. In addition, during his deanship, LeBow commenced an ambitious capital campaign program that allowed for the completion of two business school buildings (total 225,000 square feet), naming of four new centers of excellence, the establishment of new endowed professorships and the launching of more than 30 student scholarships.

Prior to his appointment as dean, he served as Drexel’s vice provost and vice president for academic administration and worked on the strategic merger between Drexel and MCP Hahnemann University. He was appointed to LeBow College’s finance faculty in 1988 and served as professor of finance and director of LeBow College’s Risk Management Center. Tsetsekos’ extensive research covers the broad areas of corporate finance, investments, banking and international finance. He has published his research in many journals including The Journal of Financial Economics, Journal of Banking & Finance and Journal of International Business Studies. He is the author of books on finance and international capital markets and has served on editorial boards for several academic journals. Tsetsekos served in advisory and consulting roles in many organizations including The World Bank, SEC, Bearn Stearns and FannieMae.

Tsetsekos has served on the advisory boards of the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia, the Penjerdel Council, the Pennsylvania Economic League, the Conference Board, the World Trade Center of Greater Philadelphia, the Global Interdependence Center and other organizations. He holds a Ph.D. in finance (1986) from the University of Tennessee, an MBA in finance from Wright State University and a B.Sc./M.Sc. in electrical and mechanical engineering from the University of Athens, Greece.