Olga Kandinskaia Cyprus International Institute of Management, Cyprus
Olga Kandinskaia is Associate Professor of Finance and MSc Business Management Director at CIIM – Cyprus International Institute of Management. She has PhD in Economics (1995) from the MGIMO-University in Moscow, Russia. Olga’s PhD research was in financial derivatives as risk management tools. At that time, she also had practical experience of working as a futures broker. Her current expertise is in the areas of Financial Management, Business Planning, Strategic Investment Decisions, Corporate Finance, and Business Valuation.Olga is also an advocate of innovative teaching methods in business education, such as experiential learning, case method, and blended learning. Her teaching style is highly interactive, she emphasizes customized and practically relevant learning where theory is applied to real-life cases. Her finance classes include extensive Excel-based workshops designed to help students develop solid financial modeling skills. Olga’s teaching skills have earned high scores in student evaluations.
