FDIC Names Professor Manju Puri as Director for Center for Financial Research — 2016-09-09

The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) today announced that Professor Manju Puri, Ph.D., will serve as the director of the FDIC's Center for Financial Research for two years starting October 1. She is currently the J. B. Fuqua Professor, Finance, at the Fuqua School of Business at Duke University. "We are fortunate to have such a distinguished scholar as director of our center, where she will lead the research program conducted by the FDIC's economists," FDIC Chairman Martin J. Gruenberg said. The FDIC's Center for Financial Research was established in 2003 to promote research on topics important to the FDIC mission areas of deposit insurance, bank supervision, and resolution of failed financial institutions. It fosters interaction among academics and the public sector through seminars and conferences. Prior to arriving at Duke, Puri was associate professor of finance at Stanford University's business school. Puri is a leading scholar of banking and venture capital.