Financial experts on the board: does it matter for the profitability and risk of the u.k. banking industry? Item Type Article Authors Apergis, Nicholas Citation Apergis, N., (2019) ‘Financial experts on the board: does it matter for the profitability and risk of the u.k. banking industry?’ Journal of Financial Research. DOI: 10.1111/jfir.12168. Publisher Wiley. Journal Journal of Financial Research. Download date 29/09/2021 08:08:52 Item License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ Link to Item http://hdl.handle.net/10545/623382 ve1 FINANCIAL EXPERTS ON THE BOARD: DOES IT MATTER FOR THE PROFITABILITY AND RISK OF THE U.K. BANKING INDUSTRY? Nicholas Apergis University of Piraeus,
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[email protected] The author expresses his deep gratitude to a reviewer of this journal for many helpful comments and suggestions that enhanced the merit of this work. Special thanks also go to the Editor for his constructive comments, as well as for giving him the opportunity to revise his work. ve2 Abstract This paper explores the relation between board-level financial expertise, the profitability and the risk profile with panel data from the UK banking industry. The empirical findings document that collectively, financial experts have a positive influence on the performance outcomes of banks, they contribute to higher risks, especially in the case of large banks, while they improve the stock performance of the associated banks. Moreover, the results highlight that board-level qualified accountants have no statistical effect on that profitability, while such a positive link is established for the case of financial and banking professors, as well as for financial experts from other industries.