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Stefano De Cesaris

Adjunct Assistant Professor of Accounting

MSc (LUISS Guido Carli)

Dr Stefano De Cesaris’s professional background is in investment banking; he worked at Goldman Sachs in M&A and Equity research at the start of his career and has subsequently continued to work with investment banks and investment funds as a consultant and trainer. Stefano’s key area of expertise is hands-on corporate financial analysis, along the spectrum of financial accounting and financial statement analysis, corporate financial forecasting, corporate valuation and transaction analysis (M&A and LBO analysis). Stefano has over 15 years of experience teaching financial analysis to professional and student audiences worldwide.

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