|| This seminar is open ONLY to EUI members ||

Join us for the next event of the 'Finance in the Tuscan Hills' seminar series, where we host Pinar Ozcan, Professor of Entrepreneurship and Innovation at the University of Oxford.

The age of data and artificial intelligence (AI) is ushering in a new era of competition and innovation. Companies are leveraging data and AI to gain a competitive edge, but this raises critical questions about regulation. This talk will delve into the challenges and opportunities presented by competition in the data and AI era. With examples from regulated industries such as finance, Pinar will discuss how data and AI are being utilised to create a competitive advantage in finance as well as the potential risks associated with data and AI, such as bias and discrimination, the role of regulation in mitigating these risks, and strategies for businesses to maintain competitiveness in the age of data and AI.

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Pinar Ozcan is Professor of Entrepreneurship and Innovation. She is also the academic director of the Oxford Entrepreneurship Centre and the Oxford Future of Finance and Technology (Fintech) Initiative.

She serves in advisory roles working with regulatory authorities such as the Bank of England, UK Competition and Markets Authority, UK Financial Conduct Authority, the European Commission, and the (Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development) OECD on these topics.

Pinar completed her PhD at the Stanford Technology Ventures Program (STVP) at the Stanford University Management Science and Engineering Department, and also holds a Master of Science and dual Bachelor’s degrees from Stanford.

At Stanford, Pinar directed the AEA Stanford Executive Institute, a summer executive program for the high-tech industry for three consecutive years. She also organised the Stanford Entrepreneurship Thought Leaders Seminars, and helped create the Stanford Entrepreneurship Corner for entrepreneurship educators worldwide.

Since completing her PhD, Pinar has received numerous awards, including the Excellence in Research Award at IESE, the EFMD Best Teaching Case Award, and the IDEA Entrepreneurship Thought Leader Award. She has also earned Best Paper Nominations at the Academy of Management Journal and Strategic Management Society, along with the British Academy Newton Grant and the SWIFT Award for her study on the UK Banking industry's shift to open APIs.

In 2017, Pinar was selected to the Top 40 Business School Professors under 40 list by Poets and Quants. Since then she was included in the Thinkers 50 list for emerging thinkers, the British Academy Mid-Career Fellows, and the Global Women in Fintech Powerlist for 2021. Finally, in 2024, Pinar was given the Strategic Management Society Educational Impact Award for her Inspiring Female Founders Initiative. 

Pinar is a founding partner of Blanchard International Turkey. Her work experience also includes management consulting at Siemens Corporation in Munich, Germany, and strategy consulting with technology ventures and venture capital firms in the Silicon Valley.

Pinar is from Istanbul, Turkey. She speaks English, German, Spanish, Turkish and Dutch. 

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The FBF seminar series ‘Finance in the Tuscan Hills’ focuses on financial sector issues and aims to bring together researchers from across the EUI community, who share an interest in these subjects.