Dr. Abol Jalilvand

Dr. Abol Jalilvand

Dr. Abol Jalilvand is a seasoned academic leader with over 35 years of global administrative experience, having served as dean of schools of business and senior scholar at major public and private universities with strong tradition of liberal arts and values-based education in both the U.S. (Loyola University Chicago) and Canada (Concordia and Dalhousie Universities). He is presently chair of the finance department and holds directorship positions for the Master of Science in Finance program and the Risk Management and Insurance Center at Loyola University Chicago. His scholarly work on corporate debt policy, organizational risk management, behavioral economics, sovereign debt, restructuring, and corporate governance continues to be widely published and has been supported by major external research grants.

He has been a consultant to universities and for-profit and nonprofit sectors in the U.S., Canada, India, and Iran. Presently, he serves on the advisory board for the Graham School of Management, Saint Xavier University (Chicago, Illinois). He received Ph.D. in Finance from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, MBA from Oklahoma State University, and Bachelor of Arts from the Iranian Institute of Banking.