Alexander Dyck

Alexander Dyck is a Professor of Finance and Economic Analysis and Policy at the Rotman School of Management at the University of Toronto and holds the Manulife Financial Chair in Financial Services.

He is a graduate of Western University (BA) and Stanford University (PhD). Prior to joining Rotman, he was Associate Professor at the Harvard Business School where he taught in the MBA, doctoral and executive education programs. He has been a visiting scholar at INSEAD and Yale.

He is an active researcher on topics including corporate fraud, corporate governance, ESG, corporate finance, pensions, regulation and privatization, the media and financial markets, and taxation. His research has been featured in top finance, economics and accounting journals and the business press. He is an award-winning teacher, and teaches courses in Corporate Finance, Mergers and Acquisitions and Private Equity in the PhD, MBA and undergrad programs.

He is Director of the Johnston Centre for Governance Innovation and Director of the Capital Markets Institute. He is a Fellow of the European Corporate Governance Institute and a fellow of the Michael Lee Chin Family Institute for Corporate Citizenship. He is Academic Director of the Director’s Education Program, serves on the External Advisory Board, OSFI, Culture and Conduct Risk Division, the Academic Advisory Board of the Canadian Coalition of Good Governance, and the Scientific Advisory Board of the German Institute of Economic Research. He is a past board member of the Rotman International Center for Pension Management.