Liudmila Alekseeva
Last updated: August 31, 2026
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KU Leuven, Belgium | since July 2023
Assistant Professor, MSI Department, Faculty of Economics and Business
IESE Business School, University of Navarra, Spain | 2017 - May 2023
Ph.D. in Management, Department of Financial Management
Bocconi University, Italy | 2013 - 2015
M.Sc. in Finance (110/110)
Graduate School of Management, St. Petersburg State University, Russia | 2007 - 2011
B.Sc. in Management, specialization Financial Management (4.9/5.0, Diploma with distinction)
Entrepreneurial Finance, Empirical Corporate Finance, Technological Transformation, Human Capital
Artificial intelligence adoption and the demand for managerial expertise, Strategic Management Journal
with Jose Azar (IESE), Mireia Gine (IESE), and Sampsa Samila (IESE)
The Demand for AI Skills in the Labor Market, Labour Economics
with Jose Azar (IESE), Mireia Gine (IESE), Sampsa Samila (IESE), and Bledi Taska (Burning Glass)
AI Adoption and Firm Performance: Management versus IT (Permanent Working Paper)
with Mireia Gine (IESE), Sampsa Samila (IESE), and Bledi Taska (Burning Glass)
From In-person to Online: The New Shape of the VC Industry (R&R)
with Silvia Dalla Fontana (ESCP Business School), Caroline Genc (Michigan State University, Eli Broad College of Business), Hedieh Rashidi Ranjbar (University of Melbourne, Melbourne Business School)
Presentations: Imperial College London Seminar*, WEFI Fellows Meeting, IESE Business School Seminar, SFI-USI Summer School*, WEFI PhD Seminar*, Seminar at Paris Dauphine University*, Finance PhD Workshop at HEC Paris*, Remote Work Conference (Stanford University), AFA Poster Session* (January 2023), PE Conference, PhD Workshop* (Columbia University, March 2023), 5th Future of Financial Information Conference at HEC, Paris (poster session, May 2023), Private Capital Symposium at LBS* (May 2023)
The Look of Success: Face-Based Trait Impressions and Venture Financing
with Silvia Dalla Fontana (ESCP Business School), Caroline Genc (Michigan State University, Eli Broad College of Business), and Lin Peng (Zicklin School of Business, Baruch College, City University of New York)
Presentations: PERC Oxford Symposium 2026, Workshop on Entrepreneurial Finance and Innovation Fellows (WEFI) Conference at Columbia University, Fall 2025 Labor and Finance Group Conference (Berlin), HEC Paris Entrepreneurship Workshop, DePaul Behavioral Finance and Accounting Conference, and seminars at ESCP Business School, the University of Lugano, Baruch College, KU Leuven, Michigan State University, and Yeshiva University; SMS Annual Conference (scheduled for October 2026), FMA Annual Meeting (scheduled for October 2026)
Presentations: SEI Consortium (ESSEC, Paris), Bordeaux School of Economics Seminar, WEFI Fellows Meetings, KTO PhD Workshop (SKEMA), IESE Business School Seminar, KU Leuven Seminar, Tilburg University Seminar
Common Ownership in Fintech Markets
with Jose Azar (IESE) and Anna Tzanaki (Lund University)
Journal Reviewer: Journal of Economic Studies, Management Science, Journal of Corporate Finance, Quarterly Journal of Economics, Journal of Labor Economics, Labour Economics, Industrial and Corporate Change, Industry and Innovation, Research Policy, IZA World of Labor
Co-organizer: WEFI Fellows Annual Meeting (2024-2026), Belgian Entrepreneurship Research Day (2026)
International Management, MSc course, since 2024
Entrepreneurship and New Business Development, MSc/PhD course, since 2025
2015-2017: Bank Uralsib, Senior Associate, Strategy Department (Moscow, Russia)
2011-2015: PwC Russia, Senior Audit Consultant (Moscow, Russia). In this period, 18 months involved part-time work
Languages: English, Spanish, Russian (native), French (in progress), Dutch (in progress)