Dario Salerno is a Tenure-Track Assistant Professor in Banking and Finance at the Department of Management Studies and Quantitative Methods (DISAQ) of University of Naples “Parthenope”, where he teaches Corporate Finance and Financial Institution and Markets. Prior to this position Dario was Assistant Professor in Finance (tenure track position) at Wenzhou-Kean University in China. He is qualified as an associate professor by the Italian Ministry of Education.

He holds a PhD with “European Doctorate Label” in Banking and Finance from the University of Rome Tor Vergata, Italy. In addition, Dario was a Research Scholar at the New York University - Stern School of Business, the University of Glasgow and Colin Powell School, The City College of New York. He is member of the American Finance Association (AFA), the Italian Association of Banking and Finance Professors (ADEIMF), Italian Academy of Business Administration (AIDEA), and the Italian Association of Econometrics.

His work has been published in international academic journals such as Journal of Financial Stability, Finance Research Letters, International Review of Financial Analysis, The International Review of Economics & Finance and Journal of International Financial Management & Accounting. He also wrote a book on sustainability issues entitled “The Evolution of Sustainable Investments and Finance”. He was also consultant for Fideuram Intesa Sanpaolo Private Banking on the topics: “Thematic and engagement strategies and Sustainable finance in asset management” and Consultant for Italian Banking Association (ABI) on the topics: Investment risk profiling and FinTech and InsurTech. He was also lecturer for Master in Entrepreneurship and Innovation Management. The master program is offered by Parthenope University in collaboration with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Sloan School of Management (MIT Sloan) in Cambridge, USA. He has also collaborated with Prince Sultan University by teaching classes for CEO and financial manager on Corporate Governance, IPOs, Venture Capital and Trade rises within the Elite program of the Saudi Stock Exchange. He has served as a reviewer for scientific journals, like International Review of Financial Analysis, International Journal of Managerial Finance, Quality and Quantity, Journal of Asia Business Studies and Socio Economic Planning Sciences. He is in the Editorial Advisory Board of Journal of Asia Business Studies; Economics, Management, and Financial Markets, Addleton Academic Publishers and the Center for Economic Development & Social Change (CED).