Thomas Matthys

Thomas Matthys is a Senior Lecturer in the Finance Discipline Group at the University of Technology Sydney (UTS) Business School. He holds a PhD in Financial Economics from Ghent University, Belgium, and has held visiting positions at Georgetown University and the European Commission's Joint Research Centre. His research focuses on banking systems, access to finance, shareholder activism, hedge fund strategies, and monetary policy impacts. Matthys has contributed to prominent journals like Journal of International Money and Finance and Management Science, exploring topics such as unconventional monetary policy effects and lender responses to activist hedge funds.

Matthys' academic service includes roles like Deputy Honours Director at UTS, peer review for Journal of Corporate Finance, and committee work in research management. He teaches courses on commercial banking and financial metrics, mentoring Honours students in finance-related research. His work bridges theoretical financial economics with practical banking challenges, emphasizing reproducibility in management science research.