Note: The next session of Inside the Accounting Practices of Banks and Insurers is scheduled for 2011. The material below is from the most recent (June 2010) session. To be on the mailing list for this program, please click here.
Dr. Stephen Ryan (Lead Instructor)
Professor of Accounting,
Peat Marwick Faculty Fellow
Stern School of Business, New York University
Considered one of the leading authorities on financial institutions 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 Instructor, Bank session)
Senior Analyst, Portales Partners, LLC
A stock analyst and investor for over 20 years, Mr. Gordon has a decade's worth of Institutional Investor top-rankings to his credit. At Portales Partners, Mr. Gordon provides independent research to institutional investors.
His background includes more than 15 years with PaineWebber/UBS as an equities analyst, including responsibility as the U.S. equity strategist. Mr. Gordon also brings buy-side experience, including running a hedge fund, to his analyses.
Mr. Gordon received his MBA in Finance from the University of Pennsylvania,
Hugh W.J. Guyler (Guest Instructor, 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, Mr. Guyler 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. |