Arnoud Boot is professor of Corporate Finance and Financial Markets at the University of Amsterdam and research fellow at the Center for Economic Policy Research (CEPR) in London. He is a member of the Financial Economists Roundtable and fellow of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW). Arnoud Boot served on the Inaugural Advisory Scientific Committee of the European Systemic Risk Board (ESRB) and was chairman the Bank Council of the Dutch Central Bank (DNB). Earlier he was on the faculty of the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University, and was a partner in the Finance and Strategy Practice at McKinsey & Co. He is the past chairman of the European Finance Association and the Royal Netherlands Economics Association. In addition to his academic activities, Arnoud Boot is advisor to the Dutch government, and consultant to several financial institutions and corporations. He is a non-executive director of several corporations and agencies. His research focuses on corporate finance and financial institutions. His publications have appeared in major academic journals, such as the Journal of Finance, American Economic Review, Review of Financial Studies, and the Journal of Financial Intermediation.