Marek Hudon holds a Ph.D. in Economics and Management Sciences and a Master in Philosophy. He is currently Assistant Professor at the Solvay Brussels School of Economics and Management (ULB). He has conducted research in India, Mali, Morocco and the Democratic Republic of Congo. In 2006, Prof Hudon was a visiting fellow at Harvard University where he worked on ethical issues in microfinance under the supervision of Professor Amartya Sen. Current research interests also include public policy issues in microfinance and complementary currencies. His is currently Affiliate Professor at Burgundy School of Business (ESC Dijon) where he teaches business ethics. In 2009, he has been awarded both the CEDIMES prize for Post-doctoral studies and the Merlot-Leclerq prize in public economics. He has published or forthcoming articles in journals such as World Development, Journal of International Development, Journal of Business Ethics, Annals of Public and Cooperative Economics, International Journal of Social Economics, and Savings and Development.

Email: mhudon@ulb.ac.be
Tel.: +32(0)2.650.42.47
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Marc Labie is an associate professor in the Department of Management of the Faculté Warocqué at the Université de Mons (UMONS).  He teaches organizational studies, specialising in microfinance institutions. He holds a Bachelor degree in Economics and Social Science, and a Ph.D. in Business Administration. Prof. Labie has also studied at the London School of Economics and Political Science and at the Universidad de Salamanca. He is an alumnus of the FIPED program at Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts, US. His field experience includes case studies in Colombia, Bolivia, Democratic Republic of Congo, Indonesia, Kenya, Madagascar, Morocco, Mexico and Peru. Prof. Labie’s current research is focused on corporate governance issues in microfinance.

Email: Marc.Labie@umons.ac.be
Tel.: +32(0)65.37.32.83
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Ariane Szafarz is a full professor of mathematics and finance at Solvay Brussels School of Economics and Management (SBS-EM), Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB). She holds a PhD in Mathematics and an MD in Philosophy. Her research topics include microfinance (mission drift, governance issues), financial econometrics, international finance, epistemology of probability, and job market discrimination. She co-directs the doctoral programme in management sciences organised jointly by SBS-EM (ULB), the Faculté Warocqué (UMONS) and HEC Management School (ULg). She is also President of the Marie-Christine Adam Fund. She has been visiting Professor at Université de Lille II, Université Catholique de Louvain, and the Luxembourg School of Finance. She has published several books and scientific articles in Econometric Theory, European Economic Review, Journal of Fixed Income, Journal of Empirical Finance, etc.

Email: aszafarz@ulb.ac.be
Tel.: +32(0)2.650.48.65
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