Morten Hegna
Nordics, Europe
Nordics, Europe
MSC AND PHD OF INDUSTRIAL ECONOMICS FROM NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AND A MSC OF FINANCE FROM NORWEGIAN SCHOOL OF BUSINESS AND ECONOMICS
Professor Westgaard has previously worked as an investment portfolio manager for an insurance company, a project manager for a consultant company and as a credit analyst for an international bank. Currently he is professor at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology and an Adjunct Professor at the Innland University – Center for Business Analytics. His teaching involves business economics, corporate finance, derivatives and real options, empirical finance and financial risk management.
He also have bachelor, master and PhD courses on economic and financial forecasting. He is one of the founders and editors of Journal of Commodity Markets. He is also an associate editor of Journal of Energy Markets. His main research interest include financial risk forecasting. He has recently also been a project manager for two energy research projects involving the research council of Norway, power companies, and academic institutions in Europe.