Join Us For Our Stock Market Swings and Economic OutlookWebinar

Stock Market Swings and Economic Outlook

Join us on Thursday, May 28 at 1:00 pm PST for our Webinar featuring Dr. Michael King, the Lansdowne Chair of Finance & Christopher Lawless, Executive in Residence, Gustavson School.

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Speakers Bio:

Michael R. King, PhD CFA
Lansdowne Chair in Finance, Gustavson School of Business, University of Victoria

Professor Michael R. King is the Lansdowne Chair in Finance at University of Victoria’s Gustavson School of Business. Prior to joining UVic, he held the Tangerine Chair in Finance at Western University’s Ivey Business School (2011-2019), where he co-founded Canada’s first FinTech research centre (the Scotiabank Digital Banking Lab). Before joining academia, he worked in investment banking in Zurich, New York, and London from 1990-1998 (Credit Suisse, RBC Dominion Securities) and central banking in Ottawa and Basel from 2001-2011 (Bank of Canada, Bank for International Settlements). Michael completed his PhD at the London School of Economics in 2001 and his CFA designation in 1999. He has taught finance to undergraduates, MBAs, and executives. His research focuses on FinTech, banking, international financial markets, and corporate finance.

Christopher Lawless

Chris Lawless is executive-in-residence at the University of Victoria’s Gustavson School of Business. He was the chief economist at BCI, the British Columbia Investment Management Corporation, from 2001 to 2019. Chris also served as chief economist with the B.C. Ministry of Finance, with the Library of Parliament’s economic research service, and as an advisor to House of Commons and Senate committees. Chris has an M.A. in economics from Carleton University in Ottawa and holds the Certified Business Economist designation from the National Association for Business Economics. Chris is a director of the Canadian Association for Business Economics and vice-president of the Pacific Northwest Regional Economic Conference. He is a member of various other professional and community boards, including the Border Policy Research Institute at Western Washington University and the Art Gallery of Greater Victoria.