Professor Andrew Urquhart is Professor of Finance and Financial Technology and Head of the Department of Finance at Birmingham Business School (BBS), University of Birmingham.  Andrew joined BBS in 2024 and was previously Professor and Head of the ICMA Centre at Henley Business School.   Prior to that, Andrew was at the University of Southampton where was Associate Professor of Finance and previously Lecturer in Finance. Andrew holds a PhD from Newcastle University where he also received his MSc Finance (Distinction) and BA(Hons) in Economics and Politics.

 Andrew’s main research interests are fintech, cryptocurrencies, corporate governance and high-frequency trading. He has published over 80 papers in over 20 leading international journals such as the Nature, Journal of Corporate Finance, European Journal of Operational Research, Journal of Financial Markets, European Economic Review, Journal of Financial Stability, European Financial Management, Financial Review, Quantitative Finance, British Accounting Review, amongst others.  His research has received considerable attention with over 8,000 citations and he regularly presents his work at leading international conferences as well as writing media pieces. 

He has also received over £500,000 in research income and he is also an associate editor at British Accounting Review,  Economics Letters, European Journal of Finance, Global Finance Journal, International Review of Financial Analysis, and Research in International Business and Finance.  Andrew has received a number of best paper awards at international conferences is also co-organiser of the Cryptocurrency Research Conference. He has supervised 8 PhD students to completion with another 6 currently under his supervision. Andrew has taught a range of courses, but specificalises in Blockchain, Cryptocurrency and Fintech education at all levels from undergraduate to executive courses. He has/is an external examiner of programmes at Durham University, Queen's University Belfast, the University of Edinburgh, SOAS, Birkbeck College.