Prof. Simon Grima

Prof. Simon Grima

Prof. Simon Grima

  B.Com.(Hons)(Melit.),M.Sc.(Lond.),M.Sc.(B.C.U.),Ph.D.(Melit.)

Associate Professor

Room 218
Humanities B (FEMA)
University of Malta
Msida
  +356 2340 3368
Prof. Simon Grima, is the the Deputy Dean of the Faculty of Economics, Management and Accountancy, Associate Professor and the Head of the Department of Insurance and Risk Management which he set up in 2015 and started and coordinates the MA and MSc Insurance and Risk Management degrees together with the B.Com in Insurance at the University of Malta. Simon is also a Professor at the University of Latvia, Faculty of Business, Management and Economics and a visiting Professor at UNICATT Milan. He served as the President of the Malta Association of Risk Management (MARM) and President of the Malta Association of Compliance Officers (MACO) between 2013 and 2015, and between 2016 and 2018 respectively. Moreover, he is the chairman of the Scientific Education Committee of the Public Risk Management Organization (PRIMO) and the Federation of European Risk Managers (FERMA). His research focus is on Governance, Regulations and Internal Controls and has over 30 years of experience varied between Financial Services, academia and public entities. He has acted as co-chair and is a member of the scientific program committee on some international conferences and is a chief editor, editor and review editor of some Journals and Book Series. He has been awarded outstanding reviewer for Journal of Financial Regulation and Compliance in the 2017 and 2022 Emerald Literati Awards. Moreover, Simon acts as an Independent Director for Financial Services Firms, sits on Risk, Compliance, Procurement, Investment and Audit Committees and carries out duties as a Compliance Officer, Internal Auditor and Risk Manager.

Web Page: https://www.um.edu.mt/profile/simongrima Web of Science Researcher ID: O-5299-2015
Loop profile: 348395
Scopus Author ID: 57151215400
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1523-5120
Emerald Insight Volume Editor: Contemporary Studies in Economic and Financial Analysis
: Emerald Studies In Insurance and Risk Management
https://www.emeraldinsight.com/series/csef
Google Scholar https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=6L-kN98AAAAJ&hl=en Research gate https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Simon_Grima
  • Governance Risk Management and Compliance
  • Financial Derivatives
  • Financial Management
  • Internal Audit
  • Risk Management
  • IT Risk Management
  • Financial Services
  • BFI5403 - Advanced Risk Management
  • BKF5500 - Corporate Finance
  • CNM5831 - Engineering Project Appraisal
  • HSM5110 - Financial Management and Health Economics
  • INS1000 - Introduction to Insurance and Risk Management
  • INS2011 - Internship 1
  • INS3014 - Internship 2
  • INS3400 - Elements of Capital Modelling and Planning for Insurers
  • INS4000 - Non-Life and Life Insurance - Simulation Games
  • INS4195 - Health and Captives Insurance - Simulation Games
  • INS5000 - Governance, Risk and Compliance (GRC)
  • INS5009 - Risk Management Theory and Practice
  • INS5021 - University and Technical Experiences
  • INS5022 - Advanced Enterprise Risk Management
  • PPL5102 - Business Continuity Planning
Awards: Outstanding Reviewer for Journal of Financial Regulation and Compliance in the 2017
Emerald Literati Awards. http://www.emeraldgrouppublishing.com/authors/literati/awards.htm?
year=2017&journal=jfrc
Visiting Lecturer - Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore - Milan
- The University of Latvia - Riga

Co-Chief Editor: Journal of Accounting, Finance and Auditing Studies (JAFAS)
http://jafas.org/ - since 2017
Editorial Board: European Research Studies Journal (ERJS) - http://www.ersj.eu/ since 2017
International Journal of Economics & Business Administration (IJEBA) - http://www.ijeba.com/
since 2018
Insurance Markets and Companies - https://businessperspectives.org/journals/insurance-
markets-and-companies-analyses-and-actuarial-computations since 2018
International Business and Accounting Research Journal (IBARJ) -
http://ibarj.com/index.php/ibarj - since 2018
AIDA Europe Research Studies on Insurance Law and Regulation - Springer
Reviewer and Occasional Editor/Reviewer
The European Law Students' Association Malta Law Review
IMC Journal of Medical Science
JOURNAL OF BUSINESS AND ECONOMIC MANAGEMENT http://academiapublishing.org/jbem
Managerial Auditing Journal – Emerald Insight www.emeraldgrouppublishing.com/maj.htm
Managerial Finance Journal – Emerald Insight
http://www.emeraldinsight.com/loi/mf
Journal of Financial Regulations and Compliance – Emerald Insight
http://www.emeraldinsight.com/journal/jfrc
Journal of Risk Finance – Emerald Insight
http://www.emeraldinsight.com/journal/jrf
Bank Of Valletta Review - https://www.bov.com/pjazza/bov-review---past-editions
Risk Governance & Control: Financial Markets & Institutions. Virtus Interpress
https://virtusinterpress.org/-Risk-Governance-and-Control-.html
Advances in Healthcare Management, Volume 17. Special Issue: International Best Practices in
Health Care Management
Insurance Regulation in the European Union – Palgrave Macmillan
Bank Stability, Sovereign Debt and Derivatives – Palgrave Macmillan

Review Editor: Frontiers in Public Health, Health Economics Journal-
https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/public-health/sections/health-economics – Since 2018
The Editorial Board of Mathematical Finance, a speciality of Frontiers in Applied Mathematics
and Statistics - https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/applied-mathematics-and-statistics
since 2018
Editorship - Occasional
• The European Law Students' Association Malta Law Review
• IMC Journal
• Journal of Business and Economic Management
• BOV Review

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