Congratulations Dr Vogiazas!

Congratulations to SEERC’s PhD student Mr Sofoklis Vogiazas for successfully defending his PhD on “Macroeconomic credit risk modelling: an empirical investigation of the Romanian and Bulgarian banking systems with reference to the Greek crisis”. Mr Vogiazas will be awarded the degree of PhD in Economics.

Mr Vogiazas completed his PhD under the continuous and effective support and guidance of his supervisors, Dr. Kostantinos Mouratidis, from the Economics Department of the University of Sheffield and Dr Eftychia Nikolaidou, from the International Faculty, CITY College. Mr. Vogiazas comments “Once again, may I express my gratitude to all those people that contributed in the completion of my thesis. I am grateful to my supervisors Dr. Nikolaidou Eftychia and Dr. Mouratidis Kostas for their continuous support along this, occasionally hard but rewarding trip. Last, I need to thank Professor Arestis Philip and Dr. Fassas Thanasis for  devoting their precious time in examining my thesis. ”

Mr. Vogiazas obtained his BSc degree in Applied Mathematics in 1993 from the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, his MSc in Management Science (Operations Research) from Lancaster University in 1994 and the MSc in Banking and Finance from the University of Sheffield in 2007.

The University of Sheffield International Faculty, CITY College takes pride in Mr. Vogiazas achievement and wishes him all the best in her future endeavours!