John Veitch

John Veitch, Professor of Finance, and Director of the M.S. in Financial Analysis program, is an esteemed faculty member with over two decades of academic and chief administrative service to the university. Specializing in financial analysis and risk management, Dr. Veitch is the co-author of a number of articles on country risk in Mexico, Brazil, Argentina and South Africa due to contributing factors of financial integration, currency devaluation and currency contagion. Professor Veitch served as Associate Dean of Graduate Programs in the School of Management from 2011 to 2014.

Professor Veitch's work relates directly to the goals of USF's MSFA program, which aims to help students develop a broad understanding of the micro, macro and international trends that influence the value of financial assets and financial market fluctuations. Professor Veitch sees the program providing rigorous specialist training in the most recent advances in quantitative financial analysis and economic theory.

Education

• Ph.D Northwestern University (1981 — 1985)
• BA University of Toronto - University of Trinity College (1976 — 1981)

Companies

• Head, Learning Content and Experience CFA Institute (2020)
• Senior Director, Learning Content Design and Development CFA Institute (2019 — 2020)
• Director, Learning Content Design and Development CFA Institute (2018 — 2020)
• Full Professor University of San Francisco (2002 — 2018)
• MSFA Program Director University of San Francisco School of Management (2002 — 2018)
• Associate Dean for Graduate programs University of San Francisco (2013 — 2014)
• Education Director and Board member CFA Society San Francisco (2000 — 2013)
• Chair of the Economics Department University of San Francisco (2006 — 2011)
• Instructor University of California - Berkeley, Walter A Haas School of Business (1999 — 2010)

AWARDS & DISTINCTIONS * Frank L. Beach Distinguished Service and Leadership Award, College of Arts and Sciences, USF, 2006

• Outstanding Teaching Award in the Executive MBA program, McLaren School of Business, USF, 2001, 2003, 2005

• Associate Dean of Graduate Programs, USF School of Management, 2011– 14

• Director of Education, CFA Society of San Francisco, 2001– 13

• Program Director, MS in Risk Management (MSRM) program, USF School of Management, 2010

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS * "Country risk and financial integration-A case study of South Africa," Research in International Business and Finance, Vol. 24, 2010 (with Cathy Goldberg)

• "Country risk and financial integration-A case study of South Africa," Research in International Business and Finance, Vol. 24, 2010 (with Cathy Goldberg)

• "Two Sides of the Same Coin? - Stock Market Reactions to the Brazilian Devaluation," Investment Management and Financial Innovations, 2004 (with Cathy Goldberg)

• "Exchange Rate Crises and Firm Values: A Case Study of Mexico's Tequila Crisis," Journal of American Academy of Business, 2003 (with Cathy Goldberg)

• "Mexico's Tequila Crisis-Hangover or Hair of the Dog?" Multinational Business Review, Vol. 10, 2002 (with Cathy Goldberg)

• "Country Risk and the Currency Contagion Effect: A Case Study of Argentina," Journal of Management Research, 2002 (with Cathy Goldberg)