Viviane Youssef Naïmy is presently professor of Finance at Notre Dame University (NDU), Lebanon and is also Director of Admissions and of the Office of Test, Measurement and Evaluation. She has published articles in a number of professional journals in the area of risk management, investment, corporate finance and financial modelling. Her current interests are in spreadsheet modelling, ALM, derivatives (pricing), and public debt restructuring. She was recognized for superior teaching, “Best Finance Professor” at Bordeaux Business School and at NDU and she received more than seven international awards in recognition of Excellence in Research as determined by Peer Evaluation. She worked for several national and international banks and she launched the first Mutual Fund in Lebanon, in 1996 and has structured one of the largest syndicated loans. For the World Bank, she assessed the feasibility of introducing the securitization process in the banking sector in Lebanon. In addition, Naïmy has offered numerous executive workshops in the Arab countries and has served as a consultant in cases involving banking and financial matters. Naimy is also a violin player.

Diplome de Docteur in Economics-Finance, Université de Paris XI-Sorbonne, Faculté Jean-Monnet, France, 2001.

D.E.A. in Finance, Université Saint-Joseph U.S.J., Lebanon, 1996.

Books

Naimy V.  (2003) Emerging Markets, Financing of SME’s and Economic Growth: The Case of Lebanon. Beirut: Notre Dame University Press.

Refereed Journal Articles

Naimy V. (2010) Failure Prediction With Logit and Bank-Level Fundamentals Models Applied on the Lebanese Commercial Banks. The Journal of American Academy of Business, Cambridge, Vol.16. Number 3.

Nasser R. and Naimy V. (2010) Using Regression to Establish Weights for a Set of Composite Equations through a Numerical Analysis Approach: A Case of Admission Criteria to a College. Journal of Mathematics and Statistics 6 (3): 300-305.

Naimy V., Nasser R. and Romanowski M. (2009) Attracting High Achieving Secondary Students through Early Admission Call-Up in An American Style College in Lebanon: A comparison with American Colleges. The Journal Of College Admission, Number 205, pp.22-27.

Naimy V. (2009) Liquidity Planning Between Theory and Practice:  An Overall Examination of the GCC Banks During the Crisis Du Jour. The Journal of Business Case Studies, Volume 5, Number 6, pp. 1-12.

Naimy V. (2009) The Importance of Reacting to and Understanding the 2007-08 Financial Crisis: Facts and Suggestions.  The Journal of the National Defense, Vol.70. October, pp.5-35.

Naimy V. and Nasser R. (2009) Early Admission Call-Up: A Strategy And Marketing Perk For Attracting Better Students To A College In Lebanon. The American Journal Of Business Education, Vol.2. Number 4, pp.19-24.

Naimy V. (2008) Equity Mutual Funds Versus Market Performance: Illusion or Reality?. The Journal of Business Review, Cambridge, Vol.11. Number 1, pp.71-75.

Naimy V. (2008) Tribulations of the Private Sector Between Financial Liberalization and Credit Rationing.  The Journal of the National Defense, Vol.66. October, pp.47-89.

Naimy V. (2008) How much High is Really High: Probability Analysis For oil prices and Economic Performance. The Journal of American Academy of Business, Cambridge, Vol.13. Number 2, pp.71-76.

Naimy V. (2008) Financial Ratios and Stock Prices: Consistency or Discrepancy? Longitudinal Comparison between UAE and USA. The Journal of Business & Economics Research, Volume 6, Number 1, pp. 41-50.

Naimy V. (2007) Modelling IPO in Dubai Stock Market: Booming or Tumbling Return?  The International Business And Economics Research Journal,, Volume 6, Number 5, pp. 67-74.

Naimy V. (2007) Independency or Correlation? The GCC Stock Markets, Interest Rates, and Oil Prices: Against All Financial Rules. The International Business And Economics Research Journal, Volume 6, Number 2, pp. 9-18.

Naimy V. (2006) Measuring, Adjusting, and Forecasting Beta: The Case of All the Lebanese Listed Firms. The Journal of Business & Economics Research, Volume 4, Number 4, pp. 53-63.

Naimy V. (2006) Applying Solow Model to Measure the Appropriate Capital Sock and the Contribution of Productivity to the Economic Growth in Lebanon, Jordan, Egypt, and Syria. The Journal of Business & Economics Research, Volume 4, Number 11, pp. 1-9.

Naimy V. (2006) The Black-Scholes Model Guideline for Options Course as Taught at Notre Dame University, Lebanon. The Journal of Business & Economics Research, Volume 4, Number 1, pp. 59-64.

Naimy V. (2005) Unemployment in Lebanon: Application Of Okun’s Law. The Journal of Business & Economics Research, Volume 3, Number 10, pp. 25-32.

Naimy V. (2005) Measuring the Effect of Financial Liberalization On The Supply Of Credit To The Private Sector: The Case Of Lebanon. The International Business & Economics Research Journal, Volume 4, Number 5, pp. 17-30.

Naimy V. (2005) Overall Lebanese Banks’ Performance: A Risk-Return Framework. The International Business & Economics Research Journal, Volume 4, Number 1, pp. 1-10.

Naimy V. (2004) A Proposed Restricting of Lebanese Public Debt to Promote Economic Growth. The International Business & Economics Research Journal, Volume 3, Number 8, pp. 15-25.

Naimy V. (2004)  Book Review: Marchés émergents, financement des PME et croissance économique : étude du cas libanais. The Journal of Applied Business Research, Volume 20, Number 1, pp. 109-110.

Naimy V. (2004) Faculty Member Performance Evaluation And Salary Pricing Modeling For Lebanese Private Universities. The Journal of College Teaching & Learning, Volume 1, Number 3, pp. 75-82.

Naimy V. (2004) Financing Problems Faced By The Lebanese SMEs: An Empirical Study. The International Business & Economics Research Journal, Volume 3, Number 1, pp. 27-38.

Conference Proceedings

Naimy V. (2010) Failure Prediction With Logit and Bank-Level Fundamentals Models. The European Applied Business Research Conference. Ireland.

Naimy V. (2009) Liquidity Planning between Theory and Practice: An Overall Examination of the GCC Banks. The European Applied Business Research Conference. Prague, Czech Republic.

Naimy V. (2008) Equity Mutual Funds Versus Market Performance: Illusion or Reality. The European Applied Business Research Conference. Rothenberg: Ob Der Tauber,  Germany.

Naimy V. (2007) Financial Ratios and Stock Prices: Comparative Analysis between UAE and USA. The European Applied Business Research Conference. Venice,Italy.

Naimy V. (2007) Using Sattools for longitudinal comparison between UAE and USA Stock Prices. Palisade Europe Conference, London: Trinity House.

Naimy V. (2007) Vaincre le monde: une lecture chrétienne d’éthique et société, Beirut: Notre Dame Unversity Press.

Naimy V. (2007) The Lebanese Society As per Scholars Analysis, Beirut: Notre Dame University Press.

Naimy V. (2006) Introduction to Stock Valuation. Regional Equity Markets Conference - Reuters Middle East and the American University.  Dubai, UAE.

Naimy V. (2006) Modeling IPO in Dubai. The European Applied Business Research Conference. Florence, Italy.

Naimy V. (2006) The GCC Stock Markets, Interest Rates, and Oil Prices. The Applied Business Research Conference. Las Vegas, USA.

Naimy V. (2004) Adjusting Beta of All the Lebanese Listed Firms. European Applied Business Research - Teaching and Learning Conference. Edinburgh, UK.

Naimy V. (2005) Solow Model and Capital Sock: the case of Lebanon, Jordan, Egypt, and Syria. the International Applied Business Research Conference, USA.

Naimy V. (2005) The Black-Scholes Model Guideline for Options Course as Taught at Notre Dame University, Lebanon. European Applied Business Research Conference - Teaching and Learning Conference. Santorini, Greece.

Naimy V. (2005) Unemployment in Lebanon as Monitored by Okun’s Law.  International Applied Business Research Conference. Hawaii.

Naimy V. (2005) Inter-religious Dialogue Through the Spiritual Experience, Beirut: Notre Dame University Press.

Naimy V. (2004) The Maronite Church and the Economic Issues, Beirut: Notre Dame University Press.

Naimy V. (2004) Modeling the Effect of Financial Liberalization on the Supply Of Credit To The Private Sector. International Applied Business Research Conference, Mexico. 

Naimy V. (2004) Risk Management of the Lebanese Banks. International Applied Business Research Conference - Teaching and Learning Conference, Las Vegas, USA.

Naimy V. (2003) Restructuring the Lebanese Public Debt. The European Applied Business Research Conference, UK.

Naimy V. (2003) Financing Problems Faced By The Lebanese SMEs: An Empirical Study. Applied Business Research Conference, USA.

Naimy V. (2003) The Socio-economic Issues: Savings, Investment, and Consumption. Beirut: Notre Dame University Press.

Naimy V. (2003) The Reception of Several Types of Music by the 9 years old Lebanese Children: An Empirical Study realized at Beirut and Mount-Lebanon, Antonine University, Lebanon.

Naimy V. (2002) Commercial Bank Management and overall Performance. Yarmouk University, Jordan.

Naimy V. (2002) The General Financial Outlook for Lebanon with special emphasis on the Fiscal and Monetary Policies. Beirut: Notre Dame University Press.

Naimy V. (2002) Budget Policy and Economic Growth in Lebanon. Lebanese National Center for Scientific Research, Lebanon. 

Conference Presentations

Naimy V. (2008) Public Deficit and Its Impact on The Financing of The Lebanese Industry.  Notre Dame Unversity-Louaize, Lebanon, March.

Naimy V. (2007) Diversify Your Portfolio and Reduce your Risk. Orion Brokers Conference, Doha, Qatar.

Naimy V. (2007) Vaincre le monde: une lecture chrétienne d’éthique et société.  Notre Dame Unversity-Louaize, Lebanon.

Naimy V. (2007) The Lebanese Society As per Scholars Analysis.  Notre Dame University, Louaize-Lebanon.

Naimy V. (2006) Introduction to Stock Valuation. Regional Equity Markets Event - Reuters Middle East and the American University of Dubai, Dubai, UAE.

Naimy V. (2005) Inter-religious Dialogue Through the Spiritual Experience.  Notre Dame University-Louaize, Lebanon.

Naimy V. (2004) The Maronite Church and the Economic Issues, Notre Dame University-Louaize, Lebanon.

Naimy V. (2003) The Reception of Several Types of Music by the 9 years old Lebanese Children: An Empirical Study realized at Beirut and Mount  Lebanon.  Antonine University, Baabda, Lebanon.

Professional/Executive Education Seminars

Naimy V. (2007) Diversify Your Portfolio and Reduce your Risk.  Orion Brokers Co., Doha,  Qatar.

Naimy V. (2006) Introduction to Stock Valuation : Regional Equity Markets Event . Reuters Middle East and the American University of Dubai, Dubai, UAE.

2000-Present :  Beirut, Lebanon. Offered numerous workshops including Bank’s Risk Management (ALM), Working Capital Management, Portfolio Management and Securities Analysis, Advanced Portfolio Management, Introduction to Derivatives, Derivatives Strategies, Bond Valuation,  Capital Budgeting and Long Term Financing, Capital Markets and Instruments, Equity Valuation, Project Financing, Management,  Introduction to Financial Management, Financial Analysis and Planning, Commercial and Investment Banking, Risk Management, Economics of Developing Countries.

Professional Activities and Public Service

(2004) Attended a one-day Seminar on institutional use of futures and a trading simulation at the floor, New York, USA.

(1998) Attended a series of Seminars on Investment Rules at Université d’Aix-en Provence, France.

(1997)Attended a three-day Seminar on Applications of Financial Derivatives, Beirut, Lebanon. This advanced seminar included sessions on managed futures, theoretical models and the real world, institutional use of futures.

(1995-97) A series of Seminars on the experimental psychology including the intellectual activities, the language and the communication, needs and motivations, the structure of the personality, and the interpersonal relationships. Saint Georges Hospital, Psychiatry and Psychology departments.