Alexander Dyck
Education
PhD in Economics, Stanford University, Stanford, United States
BA (Hons.) in Economics and Political Science, University of Western Ontario, Canada
Overview
Alexander Dyck is a Professor of Finance and Economic Analysis and Policy at the Rotman School and holds the Manulife Financial Chair in Financial Services and is the current Academic Director of the David and Sharon Johnston Institute for Corporate Governance Innovation. He is a graduate of Western University (BA) and Stanford University (PhD). He is Academic Director of the Director’s Education Program, and was Director of the Capital Markets Institute, a Fellow at the Michael Lee-Chin Family Institute for Corporate Citizenship, and serves on the Academic Advisory Board of the Canadian Coalition of Good Governance, and on the External Advisory Board, OSFI, Culture and Conduct Risk Division. Previously, he was Associate Professor at the Harvard Business School where he taught in the MBA, doctoral and executive education programs, and has been a visiting scholar at INSEAD and Yale.
He teaches courses in Corporate Finance, Mergers and Acquisitions and Private Equity in the PhD, MBA and undergrad programs. His research interests include corporate governance, corporate finance, sustainability, pensions, regulation and privatization, the media and financial markets, and taxation.