Edward Altman
Edward Altman is the Max L. Heine Professor of Finance Emeritus at the Stern School of Business, New York University, and Director of the Credit and Fixed Income Research Program at the NYU Salomon Center. Altman is a world renowned expert on corporate bankruptcy, distressed debt, high yield bonds, and credit risk analysis. He is the Creator of the popular Altman Z-Score, the numerical model for predicting bankruptcy. Altman is one of the founders and an Executive Editor of the Journal of Banking and Finance, has authored or edited over twenty books, and has written more than one hundred articles for scholarly finance, accounting and economic journals. He has also been a consultant to several government agencies, major financial and accounting institutions and industrial companies and has lectured to executives across the globe.
Edward Altman Professional Experience / Academic History
Professional Experience
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Professor Emeritus of Finance
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Max L. Heine Professor of Finance
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Professor of Finance
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Profesor Honorario
Academic History
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Ph.D.,Finance
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MBA, Business Finance
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B.A., Economics
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CURRENT AFFILIATIONS
Member, Academic Advisory Board
Founding Member, Museum of American Finance
Patron, Pershing Square Signature Theatre Group
Chairman, Academic Advisory Council of the Turnaround Management Association
Co-Founder and Coordinator, International Risk Management Conference
EXPERTISE
Altman has been a consultant to several government agencies, major financial and accounting institutions, and industrial companies.
He has lectured to executives in North America, South America, Europe, Australia-New Zealand, Asia, and Africa.
He has been an advisor to many financial institutions including Merrill Lynch, Salomon Brothers, Citigroup, Concordia Advisors, Investcorp, Paulson & Co., S&P Global Market Intelligence and the RiskMetrics Group.
He has testified before the U.S. Congress, the New York State Senate, and several other governments and regulatory organizations.
RECOGNITIONS
2008 Turnaround Management Association’s Hall of Fame
2005 Treasury & Risk Management's 100 Most Influential People in Finance
2001 Fixed Income Analysts Society Hall of Fame
1985 Graham & Dodd Scroll Award, Financial Analysts Federation
1984 Lauréate Hautes Etudes Commerciales Foundation in Paris