Rate My Professor Jens Hagendorf

Jens Hagendorff is Professor of Finance at King’s College London, where he also serves as Head of the Department of Accounting & Financial Management in King’s Business School and as Executive MBA Programme Director. Throughout his career, he has held several prestigious positions, including Professor of Finance at the University of Edinburgh, Professor of Finance & Investment at Cardiff University, AmBank Financial Services Professor at the University of Malaya in Kuala Lumpur, a position in the Financial Stability Department of the Bank of Spain, and lecturer at the University of Leeds. These roles underscore his extensive experience in finance and banking across Europe and Asia.

Hagendorff specializes in bank risk and systemic risk, ESG factors, and the risk/return profile of companies within accounting and financial management. His research appears in top-tier journals such as Review of Financial Studies, Management Science, Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis, Review of Finance, Journal of Financial Intermediation, and Journal of Money, Credit & Banking. Key publications include "Lender Trust and Bank Loan Contracts" (Management Science, 2023, with S. Lim and D. D. Nguyen), "The Effects of Regulatory Office Closures on Bank Behavior" (Journal of Money, Credit and Banking, 2024, with W. Y. Lim and S. Armitage), "Pastures Green: Corporate Investments in Green Skills and Toxic Chemical Releases" (British Journal of Management, 2025, with D. D. Nguyen and V. Sila), "Little Emperor CEOs: Firm Risk and Performance When CEOs Grow Up without Siblings" (Journal of Corporate Finance, 2025, with T. Wang, A. Gonzalez, and V. Sila), and "Does marriage equality promote credit access? Evidence from same-sex marriage laws" (Journal of Corporate Finance, 2022, with D. D. Nguyen and B. Sila). He co-authored the book Size, Risk and Governance in European Banking (Oxford University Press). With over 2,100 citations across 24 articles, one book, and one chapter, his work has significant impact. Hagendorff is a regular speaker at international conferences, corporate events, and industry forums, including the Bank of England, Federal Reserve Banks of Chicago and St. Louis, Swiss Asset Management Association, Institute of Bankers in Malaysia, and Beijing Municipal Government. He was named an Outstanding Associate Editor for The British Accounting Review for 2021 and 2022.