Professional
Experience
Professor
Droussiotis’ training and expertise is in the area of Investment Banking. Possessing over 30 years of experience
by working for numerous corporations in various executive management positions at :
Bank of America Merill Lynch
CIBC Oppenheimer
Mizuho Financial Group
Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi Trust
UFJ
Sumitomo
Mitsui Banking Corporation
Mitsui Nevitt Banking Corporation
Professor Droussiotis is a former Managing Director, General Manager and
the Head of the Leverage Finance, Private Equity Sponsor Group & Structured Finance Department at Sumitomo Mitsui Banking
Corporation managing a loan portfolio of over $8 billion of large cap and middle market leveraged loans, as well as investments
in SPV funds, CLOs and BDCs that are backed by leveraged loans and high yield bonds.
On April 2018, Professor Droussiotis left SMBC to
join as a Senior Managing Partner of Kinisis Ventures Limited (www.kinisisventures.com), a business accelerator company that helps international company start-ups expand in the U.S. markets.
Chris has written
three textbooks and collaborated on two other books. These are:
“Credit Risk Management & Analysis”, co-authored with Stuart Shelly – First Edition – published by Cognella Academic Publications – December
2022
“The Analytical Approach to Finance, Investments
and Credit" First Edition – published by Cognella Academic Publications – August 2019
“The Credit Analyst’s Survival Guide" First Edition – co-authored with
Stuart Shelly published by Cognella Academic Publications – December 2023
“Cryptocurrency: Concepts, Technology and Application” - contributed one chapter on “Cryptocurrency Options Analysis and Valuation”- published
CRC Press - available in April of 2023.
“Mergers and Acquisitions”
- A Practitioner's Guide to Successful Deals” contributed one chapter on “Leveraged Buyouts”- published
World Scientific in March of 2019.
Academic Experience
Full-Time Lecturer and Director of Mathematical Finance at Stillman
School of Business at Seton Hallart, Part-Time Lecturer for Columbia University's School of Professional Studies, Adjunct
Professor for Fordham University's Gabelli School of Business and Baruch College's Economics & Finance Department in NY,
Baruch College's Continuing and Professional Studies (CAPS), and Fairleigh Dickinson University's International School
of Hospitality and Tourism Managment in NJ. Courses include Quantitative Analysis in Business, Investment Analysis, Managerial
Finance, Commercial Credit $ Banking, Debt & Fixed Income Markets, Derivative Strategies, Business Statistics , Equity
Valuation and Advanced New Venture Management.
Professor Droussiotis has also given lectures on various subjects including
Leveraged Buyouts, Credit Markets, Loan Syndications, Capital Markets at Baruch College, Bank of China, Cendant Corporation,
China Construction Bank, Wyndham Worlwide, Travelport and the Industrial Bank of Japan, etc.
Specialties
Leveraged Finance, Loan Syndication and Private Placements,
Quantitative Analysis including Portfolio Risk, Financial Modeling, Credit Analysis, Equity Return Analysis and CLOs.Professor
Droussiotis is a member of various associations such as Helenic American Bankers Association (HABA) and the Mathematical Association
of America (MAA).
