Chris Leach

J. Chris Leach is Professor of Finance and former Division Chair of Finance at the Leeds School of Business, University of Colorado at Boulder. He received a Finance Ph.D. from Cornell University and previously taught at the Wharton School and Carnegie Mellon. His teaching experience includes courses for undergraduates, MBAs and executives. He has been recognized as Graduate Professor of the Year and has received an award for MBA Teaching Excellence. His research on a variety of topics has been...See more

J. Chris Leach is Professor of Finance and former Division Chair of Finance at the Leeds School of Business, University of Colorado at Boulder. He received a Finance Ph.D. from Cornell University and previously taught at the Wharton School and Carnegie Mellon. His teaching experience includes courses for undergraduates, MBAs and executives. He has been recognized as Graduate Professor of the Year and has received an award for MBA Teaching Excellence. His research on a variety of topics has been published in The Review of Financial Studies, The Journal of Business and the Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis, among others. LeachAs business background includes various startups dating back to late junior high in the 1970As. More recently, he was the chairman of a New Mexico startup and, as an investor and advisor, participated in a late 1990As Silicon Valley startup that subsequently was merged into a public company. His consulting activities include business plan advising, valuation and deal structure for early stage and small businesses. See less