Miguel Duro is Professor in the Accounting and Control Department and Director of IESE’s Center for International Finance (CIF). He holds a PhD and MPhil in Business (Accounting) from Columbia Business School, an Executive MBA from IESE Business School, University of Navarra, and a Bachelor's degree in Business Administration from the University of Seville.
He served as a Visiting Scholar at Harvard Business School (2023–2024) and is a research member of the European Corporate Governance Institute (ECGI). His research focuses on the impact of corporate governance, banking, corporate disclosure, and public enforcement on capital markets, earnings management, and other accounting attributes. Professor Duro has published in leading finance and accounting journals, including the Journal of Financial Economics, Journal of Accounting Research, Journal of Accounting and Economics, and The Accounting Review. His doctoral dissertation on the role of institutional investors in SEC enforcement received several awards, such as the Nasdaq Educational Foundation Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship and the Jerome A. Chazen Institute Doctoral Research Grant.
Professor Duro is a Certified International Investment Analyst (CIIA®) with 10 years of industry experience. He held senior management positions at Sybari Software (Microsoft), Pepsi Bottling Group, and Metrovacesa, one of the largest listed European real estate companies. He currently acts as an expert witness in corporate valuation and accounting fraud litigation.
