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Center for Excellence in Investment Management
UNC Kenan-Flagler Business School
300 Kenan Center Drive, Campus Box 3490
Chapel Hill, NC 27599
919-962-3742 | investmentmanagement@kenan-flagler.unc.edu
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Ric Colacito

Riccardo (Ric) Colacito

Professor of Finance, Sarah Graham Kenan Distinguished Scholar and Faculty Director for the Center for Excellence in Investment Management

Riccardo (Ric) Colacito

Dr. Riccardo (Ric) Colacito, Professor of Finance and Faculty Director of the Center. He also serves as the Director of the Capital Markets and Investments concentration in the Full-Time MBA program. He has received several teaching awards, such as the Weatherspoon Award for Excellence in PhD Teaching and the MBA teaching All Star award on five occasions. He received his PhD in economics from New York University. His research has been published in top peer-reviewed journals, including the American Economic Review, the Journal of Political Economy and the Journal of Finance. Dr. Colacito has a secondary appointment with the Economics department at UNC and is a Research Associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) with the International Finance and Macroeconomics group.

Pramita Saha

Pramita Saha

Executive Director / Professor of Practice for the Center for Excellence in Investment Management

Pramita Saha

Pramita Saha, Executive Director and Professor of Practice for the Center. She oversees the student experience from recruitment through career development and alumni relations in capital markets & investments for all UNC Kenan-Flagler programs. She was previously Senior Associate Director, Coaching – Career & Leadership. She brings over 15 years of experience in capital markets, sales and trading and investment banking. She was Head of Loan Syndicate & Distribution Americas at Standard Chartered Bank and has held positions at Goldman Sachs, Citi and BBVA. Pramita holds an MBA (with Honors) from The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania and a BA from Smith College.