Costin Ciora is an Assistant Professor of Financial Analysis at the Bucharest University of Economic Studies (ASE), where he has been teaching since 2008. His expertise spans financial analysis, company diagnosis, performance measurement, pricing, and risk assessment, with a focus on helping organizations understand how financial decisions create value.

Alongside his academic career, he is the Founder and Managing Director of CIORA Financial Analysis, a consultancy that advises companies across Romania and Central and Eastern Europe on financial analysis, pricing strategy, and decision support. He previously worked as a Pricing Advisor for the CEE region at Simon-Kucher, contributing to strategic pricing and profitability projects for leading organizations.

Costin Ciora is also an executive educator, designing and delivering programs for the Institute of Financial Studies (ISF) and corporate clients. He is the author and co-author of eight books on financial analysis, value creation, productivity, and investment, including several widely used Romanian university textbooks. In 2022, he co-authored the Romanian edition of Hermann Simon’s Confessions of the Pricing Man. He will also graduate in 2026 an Executive MBA from the Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM) in partnership with Bucharest Business School – ASE.