Jeffrey Coles

Background

About Jeffrey Coles

Jeffrey L. Coles is Professor of Finance and the Samuel S. Stewart, Jr. Presidential Chair of Business at the David Eccles School of Business, University of Utah. Professor Coles taught previously at the University of Rochester, Stanford University, and Arizona State University (ASU). Professor Coles received his B.A. from Pomona College, in mathematics and economics, both with distinction, cum laude, and his Ph.D. from Stanford University. Dr. Coles has teaching and research interests in compensation, boards of directors, corporate governance and control, tax, corporate investment and financial policy, asset pricing, organization structure, and the utility industry. He publishes numerous academic papers in premier journals and serves in editorial capacities for leading scholarly journals. His work is featured in a wide spectrum of business publications, including the Wall Street Journal, Business Week, Fortune, and Investor's Business Daily, and in the broadcast media, including Wall Street Week, CNN News, and National Public Radio. Dr. Coles is particularly active in executive education, delivering programs most recently to Pinnacle West Capital (APS), Motorola, Honeywell, and Central Newspapers Inc. Dr. Coles also delivered for more than 15 years a course on corporate governance and mergers and acquisitions to executives of large Chinese SOEs. Professor Coles has advised both industry and government. Scientific consulting clients and partners include Utah Power and Light, the Utah State Department of Community Affairs, Arizona Public Service, the U. S. Department of Energy, The Directors’ Council, PricewaterhouseCoopers, Pinnacle West Capital, Central Newspapers, Inc, Honeywell, Gradient Analytics, Verus Research, and Institutional Shareholder Services. Dr. Coles served as Co-Chief Scientist of Incentive Lab before selling the company to Institutional Shareholder Services. He serves as an expert in various legal actions. Dr. Coles has served or currently serves: as a director on the boards of the Financial Management Association and the Western Finance Association; on the steering committee of the Arizona Chapter of the National Association of Corporate Directors; on the investment committees of the ASU Foundation, ASU Operating Fund, Emma Eccles Jones Endowment, and Virginia G. Piper Charitable Trust; and on the awards committee of the Financial Executives Institute. Dr. Coles was elected President of the Financial Management Association and now serves on the Board of Trustees of the FMA.