Antonio Vaello Sebastiá

Dr. Antonio Vaello Sebastiá is a Full Professor in the Department of Business Economics at the University of the Balearic Islands (UIB). He holds a PhD in Quantitative Finance from the University of the Basque Country (2009) and a Bachelor's degree in Economics from the University of Alicante (2001). Previously, he served as an Assistant Professor at the University of Alicante (2005–2007) and has been an External Consultant at the Universitat Oberta de Catalunya since 2010. He was also a Visiting Scholar at UCLA's Anderson School of Management in 2010.

His research focuses on derivatives, numerical valuation methods, and financial econometrics, with publications in journals such as Journal of Banking and Finance, European Journal of Operational Research, and Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control. He has contributed chapters to books published by Thomson-Aranzadi.

Teaching spans undergraduate, graduate, and master’s programs at UIB, the Autonomous University of Barcelona, Navarra, and others, covering financial accounting, quantitative finance, and corporate finance. He has participated in research projects funded by the Spanish Ministry of Education, regional governments (Generalitat Valenciana, Basque Government), and the University of Alicante.

Current teaching responsibilities (2025–26) include Financial Management courses for business administration programs in Ibiza, Menorca, and Mallorca, as well as the Master’s in Big Data Analysis in Economics and Business. He supervises Master’s theses in Data Analytics and Business Intelligence programs.