Dr. Geoffrey A. Hirt (or Geoff Hirt) is currently a Director of Equity Research at Mesirow Financial and a Professor of Finance at DePaul University. Hirt received his Ph.D. in Finance from the University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana, his MBA from Miami University of Ohio, and his BA from Ohio-Wesleyan University. He has directed the Chartered Financial Analysts (CFA) Study program for the Investment Analysts Society of Chicago since 1987. From 1987 to 1997 Geoff was Chairman of the Finance Department at DePaul University and taught corporate finance, investments, and strategic planning. He developed and was director of DePaul’s MBA program in Hong Kong and has taught in Germany, Thailand, Poland, and Hong Kong.

Professor Hirt has published several books for e.g. The Fundamentals of Investment Management , Fundamentals of Financial Management (this ebook is used at over 600 universities and colleges worldwide, and it has been translated into Japanese, Chinese, and Spanish.)

Geoffrey plays golf, is a music lover, and enjoys traveling with his wife.