Professor Altman is a world-renowned expert on corporate restructurings, having published or edited almost two dozen books and over 100 articles in scholarly finance, accounting and economic journals and having served as a consultant to numerous government agencies, companies and executives around the world. Professor Altman is currently the Max L. Heine Professor of Finance at the Stern School of Business of New York University. He also directs the research effort in Fixed Income and Credit Markets at the NYU Salomon Center and is currently the Vice-Director of the Center. Professor Altman is the current editor of the Handbook of Corporate Finance and the Handbook of Financial Markets and Institutions and is the Chairman of the Academic Council of the Turnaround Management Association. He was inducted into the Fixed Income Analysts Society Hall of Fame in 2001 and elected President of the Financial Management Association in 2002.
Professor Altman received his MBA and Ph.D. in Finance from the University of California, Los Angeles. |