Andrei Kirilenko

Professor of Finance

Founding Director of the Cambridge Centre for Finance, Technology and Regulation (CCFTR)

PhD (University of Pennsylvania)

My research interests include the intersection of finance, technology, and regulation, fintech, asset pricing, data, digital technologies, and the design of automated financial markets. I previously served as Chief Economist of the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), where I used modern analytical tools and methods to design and enforce an effective regulatory regime of financial markets.

I’m a member of the Finance subject group at Cambridge Judge Business School, which focuses on the investment and financial decisions of institutions.

Professional experience

From 2010 to 2012, Professor Kirilenko served as Chief Economist of the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), where he used modern analytical tools and methods to design and enforce an effective regulatory regime of financial markets. Before CFTC Andrei spent 12 years at the International Monetary Fund working on financial crises around the world.

Previous appointments

Between August 2015 and July 2019, Professor Kirilenko was the Founding Director of the Centre for Global Finance and Technology at the Imperial College Business School. Prior to joining Imperial in August 2015, he was a Professor of the Practice of Finance at MIT Sloan and Co-Director of the MIT Center for Finance and Policy between January 2013 and August 2015.

Journal articles

Awards and honours

  • Best Paper Award, Commodity and Energy Markets Association, 2022
  • Harry Markowitz Special Distinction Award, Journal of Investment Management, 2018
  • Best Paper Award, The JP Morgan International Commodities Symposium, 2018
  • The Future of Finance Award, Centre for Finance, Technology and Entrepreneurship, 2018
  • Best Paper Award, Financial Management Association European Conference, 2012
  • Roger F. Murray First Prize for Excellence in Quantitative Research in Finance, Q Group, 2011
  • CFTC Chairman’s Award for Excellence (highest honour), 2010

News and insights

Andrei Kirilenko and Kate Shcheglova-Goldfinch of the NBU holding the CJBS Executive Education certificates of participants.

An executive education programme at Cambridge Judge Business School inspired by the National Bank of Ukraine has designed a strategy for rebuilding the country’s financial sector. As this blueprint is developed further, participants reflect on the programme and how it continues to influence decision makers. 

A vigil held at the Senate House for all those affected by the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

The National Bank of Ukraine and Cambridge Judge Business School launch unique training programme to foster innovations in Ukraine’s financial sector.

Close up of three main cryptocurrencies: Bitcoin, Ethereum and Litecoin.

Study co-authored by Dr Andrei Kirilenko of Cambridge Judge Business School, presented at CERF in the City event, develops app-based recommendation framework for investor adoption of crypto assets. Consumers regularly choose books, music, travel destinations and other activities based on recommendations by many people on e-commerce or social media platforms. A study co-authored by Andrei Kirilenko, Reader in Finance at Cambridge Judge Business School, as well as Founding Director of the School's Centre for Finance, Technology & Regulation, develops an app-based modelling framework for investors’ selection of crypto assets such as stable coins and cryptocurrencies grounded on a similar type of recommendation system. The study was published in the journal Royal Society Open Science, and Andrei presented the findings on 18 January at the CERF in the City event organised by the Cambridge Endowment for Research in Finance (CERF) at the University of Cambridge in collaboration with CCLA. The annual event, held online this year, allows finance practitioners to interact with academic researchers. “Platforms or apps of such companies as Amazon or Tripadvisor serve as a kind of filtering system based on previous recommendations,” says Andrei, whose research focuses on the intersection of finance, technology and regulation. “The study basically…

Media coverage

BBC: Ukraine War | 24 February 2023

Cambridge professor believes mum is in mass grave

Andrei Kirilenko, Professor of Finance at Cambridge Judge Business School, is featured in this article concerning the war between Russia and Ukraine.

Cambridge Independent | 31 December 2022

Ukrainian professor at Cambridge Judge helps develop blueprint to rebuild war-torn homeland

Andrei Kirilenko, Professor of Finance at Cambridge Judge Business School and a native of Ukraine, has designed a strategy to rebuild the country’s financial sector.

Forbes Ukraine | 20 July 2022

Free program for the development of fintech with the support of Cambridge Judge Business school to start in Ukraine

The National Bank of Ukraine and Cambridge Judge Business School are launching a training program for the development of innovations in the financial sector of Ukraine.

BBC, 29 April 2022
Ukraine war – Professor tells of elderly mother’s death in Mariupol

The Globe and Mail, 20 April 2022
Opinion – The destruction of my hometown of Mariupol is something I can never forgive

Cambridge Network, 31 March 2022
Cambridge Festival to host a series of high-profile talks on Ukraine

BBC News, 4 March 2022
Cambridge professor fears for elderly immobile mother in Mariupol

SoundCloud, 3 March 2022
Andrei Kirilenko, CJBS faculty, talks about the Ukrainian invasion

Ignites Europe, 1 March 2022
Ukraine war ‘real test’ for ESG managers

Cambridge Independent, 26 February 2022
‘Keeping peace in Europe is gone’ says Ukrainian finance professor at Cambridge University as protesters get raucous

Poets & Quants, 25 February 2022
Ukrainian B-school Prof – ‘The world should make sure that Russia fails’

Phys.org, 27 January 2021
An app-based recommendation framework for investor adoption of crypto assets

Financial Times, 9 January 2019
Volatility: how ‘algos’ changed the rhythm of the market

Raconteur, 3 July 2018
Cryptocurrency: restoring reputation for the future

The Guardian, 11 October 2016
The eight technologies every entrepreneur should know about

The New Yorker, 11 May 2015
New ways to crash the market

Financial Times, 7 March 2015
Digital world offers opportunities to break the job mould

The New York Times, 29 March 2014
All public comments are welcome. Then what?

The Wall Street Journal, 6 March 2014
Do regulators listen to public? Study says yes

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