Speaker Bios

Professor Healy is the James R. Williston Professorship of Business Administration at Harvard Business School.

Professor Healy earned his B.C.A. Honors (1st Class) in Accounting and Finance from Victoria University of Wellington in 1977, and his Ph.D. in Business from the University of Rochester in 1983. He then joined the faculty at the M.I.T. Sloan School of Management, where he received awards for teaching excellence and served as Deputy Dean. Professor Healy joined Harvard Business School in 1997, and has served as Chair of the Doctoral Programs, Chair of the Accounting & Management Unit, and Senior Associate Dean for Research and then for Faculty Development. He has taught courses in accounting, financial analysis, corporate governance and business ethics at the MBA and executive levels.

Professor Healy's research focuses on Wall Street research, corporate governance and corruption, and financial analysis. His work has been published in leading journals in accounting and finance. He is also the coauthor of a leading financial analysis and valuation textbook. His research awards include the AICPA/AAA Notable Contribution Award for outstanding contributions to research (in 1990 and 1998) and the AICPA/AAA's Wildman Medal for contributions to the practice (in 1997).