Eugene F. Brigham
Dr. Eugene F. Brigham is a graduate research professor emeritus at the University of Florida, where he has taught since 1971. He received his M.B.A. and Ph.D. from the University of California-Berkeley and his undergraduate degree from the University of North Carolina. Prior to joining the University of Florida, Dr. Brigham held teaching positions at the University of Connecticut, the University of Wisconsin and the University of California-Los Angeles. A former president of the Financial Management Association, he has written many journal articles on the cost of capital, capital structure and other aspects of financial management. He has authored or co-authored 10 textbooks on managerial finance and managerial economics that are used at more than 1,000 universities in the United States and have been translated into 11 languages worldwide. In addition to his academic writing, Dr. Brigham continues to teach, consult and complete research. He has served as a consultant to many corporations and government agencies, including the Federal Reserve Board, the Federal Home Loan Bank Board, the U.S. Office of Telecommunications Policy and the RAND Corp. He has also testified as an expert witness in numerous electric, gas and telephone rate cases at both federal and state levels. Dr. Brigham spends his spare time on the golf course, enjoying time with his family and dogs and tackling outdoor adventure activities, such as biking through Alaska.
Michael C. Ehrhardt
Dr. Michael C. Ehrhardt is a professor emeritus at the University of Tennessee. He received a B.S. in civil engineering and a B.A. in economics at Swarthmore College. After earning an M.S. in industrial management from the Georgia Institute of Technology, he worked several years as an engineer. He returned to Georgia Tech and graduated with an M.S. in operations research and Ph.D. in finance. Dr. Ehrhardt has taught extensively at the undergraduate, master's and doctoral levels in the areas of investments, corporate finance and capital markets. He has directed and served on numerous dissertation committees. Dr. Ehrhardt consults in the areas of corporate valuation, value-based compensation plans and the cost of capital. His honors include the Allen G. Keally Outstanding Teacher Award, the Tennessee Organization of M.B.A. Students Outstanding Faculty Award, the College of Business Administration Research & Teaching Award and the John B. Ross Outstanding Teaching Award in the College of Business. An author and co-author of several leading books addressing various areas of finance, Dr. Ehrhardt’s interests include corporate valuation and asset pricing models, including pricing models for interest-rate sensitive instruments. His work has been published in numerous journals, including The Journal of Finance, Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis, Financial Management, The Financial Review, The Journal of Financial Research and The Journal of Banking and Finance.
Jerome Gessaroli
Mr. Gessaroli is an instructor at the British Columbia Institute of Technology’s School of Business, where he teaches courses in corporate finance, security analysis, working capital management, and advanced finance. He was also a visiting lecturer at Simon Fraser University’s Beedie School of Business, teaching finance in their undergraduate and Executive MBA programs. Mr. Gessaroli has an MBA from the Sauder School of Business at the University of British Columbia. Prior to teaching, he worked in the securities industry, first trading equities and options, and later in corporate finance. Mr. Gessaroli also has international business experience, having worked for one of Canada’s largest industrial R&D companies developing overseas business opportunities in London, China, Hong Kong, Singapore, and India. He has written for the MacDonald-Laurier Institute, given interviews for newspapers, and served on the board of directors for an industry development association.
Richard R. Nason
Dr. Nason is an associate professor of finance at Dalhousie University in Halifax, Nova Scotia, where he teaches corporate finance, enterprise risk management, investments, and derivatives. He has been awarded several teaching awards, including several Professor of the Year awards. His research interests are in risk management, complexity, and financial education. Dr. Nason has an M.Sc. in Physics from the University of Pittsburgh and an M.B.A. and Ph.D. in Finance from Ivey Business School at Western University. He is also a Chartered Financial Analyst charter holder. Dr. Nason has an extensive background in the finance industry. His experience includes structuring derivatives and exotics at Citigroup, starting and heading the credit derivatives business for Bank of Montreal, and being head of training for the Global Markets Group at Bank of America. He is a founding partner of Derivatives Training Inc., a risk management and complexity consultancy that specializes in financial risk management for financial institutions and corporations, as well as advanced training seminars on derivatives, financial mathematics, and applications of complexity for business. He is the author of six other books on risk management and complexity, including “It’s Not Complicated: The Art and Science of Complexity in Business,” which is published by University of Toronto Press.
