About Us
We are an independent consultancy firm based in Chesterfield, England. Our mission is to promote a realistic, healthy, sustainable, and rewarding engagement with financial assets. Our primary focus is on enhancing clients' understanding of the temporal experience in financial markets. This aspect is often inadequately addressed by conventional approaches to "risk profiling" or is simply overlooked by larger firms, yet it is crucial for making informed decisions. By clarifying this temporal dimension, we address the blind spots that frequently strain the relationship between individuals and their money managers, thereby overcoming the epistemic obstacles that hinder sustainable wealth accumulation and preservation. Our services are supported by our own internally produced research, which leverages advances in statistical techniques, formal artificial intelligence, formal logic, and virtual reality.
Our Staff
- Dr. Samer Adra is the founder and CEO of Epistemica. He currently serves as an Associate Professor of Finance at the Sheffield University Management School, University of Sheffield, United Kingdom. He holds a Ph.D. in Economics and an MSc in Finance from the University of St Andrews. His academic research examines how the richness/fragility of the information environment can be exploited by both investors and companies in properly positioning themselves in a complex business environment. His research has been published in reputable academic journals, such as the Journal of Corporate Finance, the Journal of Empirical Finance, the European Journal of Finance, Economics Letters, the International Review of Financial Analysis, and the Journal of Behavioral Finance, among others. Dr. Adra also studies the role of time and its perceptions in financial decision-making. His primary consultancy work focuses on developing decision-making tools inspired by the classical works of G.L.S. Shackle and W.V.O. Quine.
- Dr. Elie Menassa is Business Strategy and Partnership Lead at Epistemica. Besides being a visiting professor at top universities in the US, UK and Europe, he currently serves as Dean and Professor of Accounting and Strategy at Amity Business School Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Certified in fraud examination (CFE) and risk management assurance (CRMA), Prof. Menassa earned his Doctorate in Accounting and Finance at Leicester Business School, De Montfort University UK before taking-up a Postdoctoral position at Mendoza College of Business at the University of Notre Dame, Indiana USA. Prof. Menassa is also an active researcher and regular keynote speaker, and has given presentations in top refereed conferences in more than 20 countries around the globe. His professional experience includes senior executive positions in the public and private sector as well as board membership of several not-for-profit organizations.