Dr. Renée Adams

Biography

Renée is a global scholar whose work focuses on information flows in boards, bank governance, group decision-making, and the governance of central banks with an emphasis on gender diversity in boards. She received her MS in Mathematics from Stanford University and her PhD in Economics from the University of Chicago. Renée has held positions at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, Stockholm School of Economics, University of Queensland, and the University of New South Wales, as well as visiting positions in Germany, Italy, Japan, Norway, and Sweden. She is a Fellow of the European Corporate Governance Institute. Renée's interdisciplinary research has been published in top accounting, economics, finance, and management journals. Her work on gender diversity has gained significant media attention. She has been featured in publications such as the Financial Economist, Daily Telegraph, Boston Globe, and Australian Associated Press. Renée’s research emphasizes organizational design problems and inefficient governance mechanisms, highlighting the role of selection in understanding corporate leaders. Her work intersects economics, finance, management, and psychology, with recent focuses on gender in leadership and boardroom diversity policies. Renée has also served as Editor for Management Science and held various roles in academic service, including being a convenor of the Finance Research Network (FIRN) for five years and co-founding AFFECT, the American Finance Association's committee for women.

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