Pradeep Yadav is Johnston Chair and Professor of Finance at Price College. He was the Year 2017 Special Honoree of the European Finance Association for “outstanding service to the finance profession.” He earlier led the European Finance Association as key Director, President, and Chairman (15 years); served on Advisory Boards of Review of Finance (13 years) and Indian School of Business (7 years); Chaired/Co-Chaired twenty-plus international conferences; and founded an inter-disciplinary British Research Center. His research has received extensive external funding, been published in leading academic journals, and won several “best paper” awards. He has held multiple Visiting appointments at NYU, UCLA, and international institutions.