Ulf Axelson

Ulf Axelson serves as the Abraaj Capital Reader in Finance and Private Equity at the London School of Economics since 2010, where he also directs the MSc in Finance and Private Equity program. Previously, he held faculty positions as Associate Professor at the Stockholm School of Economics and Assistant Professor at the University of Chicago's Graduate School of Business.

His educational background includes a Ph.D. in Financial Economics from Carnegie Mellon University and an MBA (civilekonom) from the Stockholm School of Economics.

Dr. Axelson's research spans corporate finance, corporate governance, private equity, and financial innovation, with particular focus on security design, auction theory, and the industrial organization of financial markets. His work examines how financial intermediaries structure deals and allocate capital in private equity markets.

His publication trajectory reveals consistent expertise in buyout financing mechanisms, with seminal work on leverage determinants and pricing in private equity transactions published in top-tier journals like the Journal of Finance.

Scientific recognition includes:

• Brattle Group Prize for best corporate finance paper in the Journal of Finance (2009)
• Henderson Award for Excellence in Economic Theory (2000)

Dr. Axelson has received teaching accolades including the 'Best Teacher' award in the MBA program at Stockholm School of Economics (2006), and currently teaches corporate finance to MSc students at LSE across Accounting & Finance and Strategy & Economics programs.

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