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Dr. Riccardo (Ric) Colacito, Professor of Finance and Faculty Director of the Center. He also serves as the Director of the Capital Markets and Investments concentration in the Full-Time MBA program. He has received several teaching awards, such as the Weatherspoon Award for Excellence in PhD Teaching and the MBA teaching All Star award on five occasions. He received his PhD in economics from New York University. His research has been published in top peer-reviewed journals, including the American Economic Review, the Journal of Political Economy and the Journal of Finance. Dr. Colacito has a secondary appointment with the Economics department at UNC and is a Research Associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) with the International Finance and Macroeconomics group.

Pramita Saha, brings over 15 years of experience in capital markets, sales and trading and investment banking to her teaching and her role as executive director of the Center for Excellence in Investment Management. Her teaching focuses on experiential offerings. Before she joined UNC Kenan-Flagler she led loan syndicate and distribution Americas at Standard Chartered Bank and held positions at Goldman Sachs, Citi and BBVA. She received her MBA from Wharton. Learn more about our Executive Director here.