Kenneth Högholm

Kenneth Högholm is Professor of Finance at Hanken School of Economics, and Docent at Åbo Akademi University. He is currently a member of the Board at Hanken (third consecutive period), as well as the Chair of the Audit Committee.

Högholm's research covers topics both within corporate finance, for example mergers and acquisitions, dividend policy, share repurchase programs, as well as in asset pricing, for example fund performance, liquidity risk, volatility spillover.  Högholm has published, for example, in the Journal of Corporate Finance, The Financial Review, The European Journal of Finance, and European Financial Management.

Högholm also works in several positions of trust in the academic world and in the organization and foundation sector. For example, he is a member of Liikesivistysrahaston toimikunta,  a board member of Svensk-Österbottniska Samfundet, a board member of Medicinska stiftelsen, and a board member of Finlands Svensk Idrott. 

Högholm is also frequently lecturing in the corporate world, especially within the banking and insurance industry. He is also actively conducting expert consultation within, for example, capital budgeting and portfolio management in companies.