Rania Itani

Assistant professor of finance / economics /accounting 

banking experience 

research oriented 

students advising passion 

academic administration experience 

I hold 9 years of financial experience in the banking and financial sector from both Lebanon and UAE. I was acting as Head of the Correspondent Banking Department - Financial Institution in the Lebanese banking sector (BBAC SAL and LGB SAL) and as Finance Manager of FIG Retail Trading Company in Dubai, UAE. 

As a practitioner, I have earned different certifications in the field from International institutions, Deutsche Bank, JPMorgan Chase, Bank of New York Mellon and Capital Intelligence focusing on the financial business aspects, such as Risk Management, Basel III, Trade Finance Business and Treasury Services. Furthermore, I am an active trainer for subjects related to the banking sector and other financial topics. 

As an Academic, I have been teaching for five years and a half at the American University in the Emirates (AUE) for respectively three specializations, Finance, Economics and Accounting for the courses of Investment & Financial Strategies/ Money & Banking/ Islamic Banking & Finance/ Corporate Finance & Investment/ Financial Management/ Management of Financial Institution/ Microeconomics/Macroeconomics/Principles of Accounting/ International Financial Management/ Economics of Hospital and Healthcare Sector. 

i have earned my Doctorate of Business Administration (DBA) degree from Nottingham Trent University (NTU) in UK in 2019 titled “Risk Mitigation Practices of the Lebanese Banking Sector: A Proactive Approach to Maintain Resilience through Prudential Regulation ".