DrKannan Thuraisamy

Dr Kannan Thuraisamy is a Senior Lecturer in Deakin Business School's Department of Finance. Kannan teaches undergraduate and postgraduate finance courses. Kannan served as the Course Director for the Master of Commerce and MQP programmes from 2017 to 2020. Kannan previously chaired the Special Issue Review Committees associated with the Centre for Financial Econometrics' conferences. He also organised significant international conferences, including the American Committee for Asian Economic Studies' (ACAES) 27th International Conference, the Symposium on Financial Econometrics of Derivative Markets, and the Symposium on Financial Econometrics and Market Microstructure. Additionally, Kannan served as co-chair of the local organising committee for the inaugural conference - Recent Developments in Financial Econometrics and Applications - a successful event that featured 150 papers presented by participants from 23 countries.