The Hebrew University has appointed Professor Orly Sade as the new Dean of the School of Business Administration. Prof Sade brings extensive experience and expertise to her new role, with a focus on analytical and experimental finance, financial market structure, fintech, and crowdfunding.
The Hebrew University proudly announces the appointment of Professor Orly Sade as the incoming Dean of the School of Business Administration. Prof Sade brings a wealth of experience and expertise to her new role. Currently serving as the Albertson-Waltuch Chair in Business Administration and an Professor of Finance at the Department of Finance, School of Business Administration, Hebrew University of Jerusalem. She is also a valued member of the scientific board of the Experimental Finance Society.
In addition, she has extensive experience as a director of institutional bodies, a member of investment committees, and a participant in national committees, including the advisory board of the Israeli Ministry of Finance’s capital market division and the Israeli Securities Authority.
Prof Sade earned her bachelor’s degree in economics and management, followed by a master’s degree in business administration, both from Tel Aviv University. In 2001, she successfully completed her doctoral studies in business administration at the University of Utah in the United States. Her scholarly pursuits focus on behavioural and experimental finance, financial market structure, fintech, and crowdfunding.
Reflecting on her appointment, Prof Sade remarked, “The School of Business Administration at the Hebrew University has been my academic home for 22 years. I am deeply grateful to the faculty members of the school and the university’s leadership for their unwavering support and in entrusting me with the stewardship of Israel’s premier institution for business education. Together with the academic and administrative staff, we will continue to work to ensure that the School of Business Administration at the Hebrew University leads in the research field, trains the next generation of researchers in the various sub-fields of business administration, and educates future managers and decision-makers in the Israeli economy. We aim to have a positive impact on the business, economic, social, and ethical environment in Israel. I also wish for the safe return of the kidnapped and the return of our reservists to routine.”
Prof Sade will succeed Prof Nicole Adler as the dean of the school, effective October 2024. Prof Adler has served as dean for four years, during which she led a series of changes, including a significant increase in the faculty of the business school. Her tenure emphasised the promotion of research, highlighted by the opening of a program for a third degree that allows doctoral students to fully invest in their research. This initiative has resulted in the recruitment of excellent academic staff to the school. Additionally, two active research centres were established under her leadership, focusing on today’s leading fields in management: business analytics and decision-making that combines economic and behavioural approaches. Prof Adler: “I wish Prof Sade success in further promoting these important issues for better management of both the business and public sectors.”
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