John L. Teall is a visiting professor of finance at LUISS Business School in Rome, Italy. He was previously Jackson Tai '72 Professor in Practice at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. He has also served on the faculties of Cornell University, New York University, Pace University, Dublin City University, University of Melbourne as well as other institutions in the United States, Europe, Asia and Africa. Dr. Teall teaches courses in trading, investments, financial modeling, corporate finance and financial institutions and has received several teaching awards. His primary areas of research and publication have been related to corporate finance and financial institutions, with particular emphases on control, regulation and corporate failure. He is the author of "Financial Trading and Investing" published by the Academic Press, "Financial Market Analytics" published by the Quorum Press and "Governance and the Market for Corporate Control" published by Routledge Press. He is also coauthor of "Risk Neutral Pricing and Financial Mathematics," published by he Academic Press and "Quantitative Methods for Finance and Investments" published by Blackwell. Dr. Teall was awarded his Ph.D. in Finance from the Stern School of Business at New York University and is a former member of the American Stock Exchange where he traded equity options as a market-maker. Dr. Teall has consulted with numerous financial institutions including Deutsche Bank, Goldman Sachs, National Westminster Bank and Citicorp.