Rate My Professor Olga Dodd

Dr. Olga Dodd is an Associate Professor in Finance within the Faculty of Business, Economics and Law at Auckland University of Technology (AUT). She holds the position of Director of the Auckland Centre for Financial Research (ACFR), where she leads initiatives in advancing knowledge in finance and related fields. Dodd earned her PhD in Finance from Durham University Business School in the United Kingdom in 2011, with her doctoral thesis titled "Price, Liquidity, Volatility, and Volume of Cross-Listed Stocks." Her academic career at AUT encompasses teaching and research in finance, including courses such as International Financial Management and International Corporate Finance. She is recognized for her expertise in international finance and empirical corporate finance.

Dodd's research has significantly influenced the fields of corporate governance and financial markets, particularly through investigations into cultural diversity on corporate boards, cross-listing effects, market anomalies, and firm resilience. Notable publications include "The impact of cultural diversity in corporate boards on firm performance" (with B. Frijns and H. Cimerova, Journal of Corporate Finance, 2016), which has received over 400 citations; "Cultural diversity among directors and corporate social responsibility" (with B. Frijns and A. Garel, International Review of Financial Analysis, 2022); "Why do firms cross-list their shares on foreign exchanges? A review of cross-listing theories and empirical evidence" (Review of Behavioural Finance, 2013); "On the Role of Cultural Distance in the Decision to Cross-List" (with B. Frijns and A. Gilbert, European Financial Management, 2015); and "Board cultural diversity and firm performance under competitive pressures" (with B. Frijns, R.K. Gong, and S. Liao, Financial Review, 2024). She serves as Editor-in-Chief of Applied Finance Letters, a journal hosted by AUT, and has received multiple awards for excellence in research and teaching, including Faculty of Business, Economics and Law awards in 2016. Dodd organizes key events such as the New Zealand Finance Meeting and New Zealand Capital Markets Symposium, contributing to the academic community in finance.