Editorial Board member profile: Prof. Niels Hermes (The Netherlands)

The editorial team of Virtus Interpress has initiated a new news section (published a few times a month), that is aimed at introducing the editorial board of the journals to our network as a part of our full transparency policy.

Today, we would like to introduce one of the editorial board members of Corporate Ownership and Control journal.

Cornelis Lucas Maria (Niels) Hermes is a Professor of finance and management at University of Groningen (Faculty of Economics and Business). He is also a Visiting Professor Universite Libre de Bruxelles and Chair of the Department of Economics, Econometrics and Finance.

Prof. Hermes received his PhD from University of Groningen in 1995. His expertise lies in the field of international finance, financial systems and economic growth, microfinance, corporate governance, etc.

Prof. Hermes has published in refereed academic journals such as in Journal of Development Studies, World Development, Journal for East European Management Studies, etc. His works have been cited more than 6000 times (according to Google Scholar).