Dan Amiram

Dan Amiram was born in Be’er-Sheva, Israel. He studied at "Makif Gimel" high school in the city. He served in the Israeli Defense Forces and is a major (Res.). After his military service he received his B.A. in Economics and Accounting (2003), and M.A. in Economics (2007) from Ben-Gurion University, Israel. During his M.A. studies Amiram worked for PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) – Kesselman & Kesselman as an Auditor and later as part of the finance division in Adama (formerly Makhteshim–Agan Industries LTD). His Ph.D. degree was received in 2011 from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Amiram authored the thesis Debt Contracts and Loss Given Default, under the supervision of Prof. Wayne R. Landsman and Prof. Robert M. Bushman.

Professor Amiram’s research focuses on the effects and consequences of frictions created by information asymmetry, taxation and business law on debt and equity markets around the world. He has conducted research in the areas of debt contracting, executive compensation, banking, international taxation, foreign investments, financial distress and financial reporting fraud and misconduct that was published in finance and accounting journals. Professor Amiram’s research provides evidence that information, taxation and business law play a significant role in investors' decision-making processes and shape the design of contracts and the financial system.

In 2019, Amiram was approached to serve as the Deputy Governor of the Bank of Israel.

Amiram’s research and opinions were featured in Wall Street Journal, New York Times, Forbes and other media organizations.

Amiram is married to Dr. Miriam. They have a son and a daughter and live in Be’er Sheva.

Upon his return to Israel (2017), Amiram joined the Board of Directors of Mercantile Bank and also serves as the chairman of the Board’s Risk Management committee.

Amiram received awards for excellence in research and teaching, including the 2017 AAA/Deloitte Foundation Wildman Medal Award for “research published during the five calendar years preceding the year of the award, which is judged to have made the most significant contribution to the advancement of the practice of public accountancy”; the Coller School of Management at Tel-Aviv University Award for Teaching Excellence (2019) and the Columbia Business School Award for Teaching Excellence (2013).

In 2011, Amiram moved to New York and joined Columbia University Graduate School of Business as Assistant Professor of Accounting, Business Law and Taxation. He became the Philip H. Geier Associate Professor of Business at that school in 2016. During his stay in New York, Amiram started to serve on the board of directors, including as chairman of the audit committee of various public and private corporations. In 2017 Amiram was a visiting professor at Tel aviv University, and a year later he joined the Coller School of Management at Tel Aviv University as a full professor. In 2020 Amiram was appointed to be TAU Capital markets and Financial Institutions Chaired Professor of Business. Amiram also serves as the head of the Hogeg Blockchain Research Institute and the head of the Fintech concentration in the MBA program at the university.

Dan Amiram (Hebrew: דן עמירם; born: 6 July 1977) is the Vice Dean and the Capital markets and Financial Institutions Chaired Professor of Business at the Coller School of Management at Tel Aviv University. He also serves as the head of the Hogeg Blockchain Research Institute and the head of the Fintech concentration in the MBA program. He served and currently serves on public companies’ board of directors in the United States and Israel.