Lars Norden is Professor of Banking and Finance at the Brazilian School of Public and Business Administration (FGV EBAPE) since August 2015 and the Brazilian School of Economics and Finance (FGV EPGE) since January 2020, Getulio Vargas Foundation (FGV) in Rio de Janeiro. He is also Coordinator of the Center for Banking and Finance Research in Rio (CBFR) and Executive Director of the International Banking, Economics and Finance Association (IBEFA). Before joining FGV he was Professor at the Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University (RSM) from 2009-2015. He is Fellow at the European Banking Center (EBC) and has been visiting Georgetown University, the International Monetary Fund, FGV, Indiana University, and the Research Center of the Deutsche Bundesbank. His research interests include financial intermediation, empirical banking, corporate finance and credit risk. He is Associate Editor of the Journal of Financial Intermediation. Professor Norden holds a doctoral degree in business administration from the University of Mannheim.