Rónán is a Senior Lecturer (Associate Professor) in Finance at the University of Edinburgh Business School. His research interests lie primarily in the field of empirical corporate finance with particular focus on corporate pension schemes, payout policy and investment.  His work has been published in international outlets such as the Journal of Corporate Finance, European Financial Management, the Journal of Business Finance & Accounting, the European Journal of Finance and the Journal of Risk and Insurance.  He teaches Financial Markets and Equity Valuation across both postgraduate and executive programmes in Finance.  He is a CFA Charterholder and previously worked as an Assistant Professor at Queen's University Belfast and in Corporate Finance at PricewaterhouseCoopers.