Professor of Accounting,
Peat Marwick Faculty Fellow
Stern School of Business, New York University
Considered one of the leading authorities on financial institution accounting,
Dr. Ryan -- in addition to teaching and publishing -- currently serves on the FASB's Liabilities and Equity Resource and Financial Institutions Advisory groups. Until 2003, he was a member of the Financial Accounting Standards Advisory Council, the advisory body for the FASB.
He has also previously chaired the American Accounting Association’s Financial Accounting Standards and Financial Reporting Issues Conference committees. Professor Ryan has served as the editor of the Review of Accounting Studies since 2006.
Dr. Ryan has published widely on financial reporting for financial instruments
in leading publications, including Financial Analysts Journal, Journal of Accounting Research, The Accounting Review, Review of Accounting Studies, and Accounting Horizons. In addition, he is author of the
book, Financial Instruments and Institutions, published by Wiley Finance.
Dr. Ryan received his
PhD from Stanford University and his bachelor's degree from Dartmouth University.
Gary Gordon (Guest presenter, Bank session)
Managing Director and Senior Analyst
Portales Partners, LLC
A stock analyst and investor for over 20 years, Gary Gordon has a decade's worth of Institutional Investor top-rankings to his credit. His background includes more than 15 years with PaineWebber/UBS as an equities analyst, covering thrifts, mortgage bankers, credit card issuers, homebuilders and mortgage REITs. His last two years at UBS were as the U.S. equity strategist. He also spent two years on the buy side, including running a hedge fund.
Mr. Gordon received his MBA in Finance from the University of Pennsylvania, The Wharton School and his BA in philosophy from Colgate University.
Hugh W.J. Guyler (Guest presenter, Bank session)
Industry Professional Practice Director, Banking and Finance Companies
Deloitte
Hugh Guyler's 25 years of experience at Deloitte include leadership positions advising some of the firm's most important banking and securities clients on credit and market risk, regulatory issues and asset securitization vehicles. He is currently serving as the firm’s Industry Professional Practice Director for Banking and Finance Companies, including serving as the concurring partner on Fifth Third Bank.
In addition to being a Certified Public Accountant, Hugh is a British Chartered Accountant. He started his career in the London Office of the UK Deloitte & Touche Firm, where he focused on Financial Services Institutions.
Jukka Lipponen (Guest presenter, Insurance session)
President
Independent Insurance Analysts, LLC
Jukka Lipponen is an analyst and investment banker with almost 20 years of experience in insurance and financial services. Prior to his current role, Jukka was Senior Vice President and a senior life insurance research analyst covering domestic and Canadian life insurance companies with Keefe, Bruyette & Woods. Jukka was a Wall Street Journal all-star analyst in the life sector for three consecutive years and was ranked by Forbes/Starmine the second best stock picker for the entire insurance sector in 2005.
Before joining KBW in 2002, Jukka was President & Managing Director of The Townsend & Schupp Company where he was in charge of the company’s research, consulting and investment banking activities.
Jukka is a Chartered Financial Analyst, a past Director and President of the Hartford CFA Society and a member of the CFA Institute. Jukka holds an MBA with Finance concentration and a Bachelor of Business Administration in International Business from Florida Atlantic University.
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