Dr Anton Miglo is a Senior Lecturer at the Business School of Birmingham City University. He completed his PhD in financing economics in 2005. Prior to working in academia, Dr. Miglo worked at several European banks. His job functions included investments, trading stocks and organizing the issues of securities. Since 2004 Dr. Miglo has been working full time in academia mostly teaching economics and finance courses. Dr. Miglo’s research interests are in financial economics, business economics, crowdfunding and capital structure management. In 2016 he published a book with Palgrave MacMillan/Springer about capital structure theory and management. Also he recently published an article about crowdfunding in Small Business Economics journal (3* on ABS and Level A on ABDC). Dr. Miglo is married and has a son. He enjoys reading and outdoor activities.