John C. Hull

John C. Hull ( * 1946) is Professor of Derivatives and Risk Management at the Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto.

He is both a respected scientist in the field of Quantitative Finance ( Hull- White model ) as well as the author of two leading books on financial derivatives - " options, futures and other derivatives" and " Introduction to Futures and Options Markets" - known.

Hull is co-editor of the Journal of Derivatives ( since 1993), the Review of Derivatives Research (since 1993 ) of The Journal of Derivatives Use, Trading & Regulation ( 1994 ), the Canadian Journal of Administrative Studies (since 1996), the Journal of risk (since 1998), the Journal of Bond Trading and management ( since 2001), the Journal of Derivatives Accounting (since 2002) and the Journal of credit Risk ( since 2004).

After studying mathematics at Cambridge University, where he graduated with a bachelor's and a master's degree in 1968, he completed a Masters in Operational Research at Lancaster University (1969). In 1976 he received his PhD at Cranfield University on the topic "A Study of the Subjective Probability Assessments Necessary for the Analysis of the Risk in Major Capital Investment Opportunities".

After teaching at Cranfield School of Management 1981, he was associate professor of finance at York University in Canada. In 1988 he moved to the University of Toronto, where he was promoted to full professor in 1990.

Credentials

• University of Toronto, Rotman School of Management, Faculty Profiles Page: John C. Hull. Accessed on 06/07/2008.
• Rotman Master of Finance Program Brochure ( PDF) Joseph L. Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto. Accessed on 06/07/2008.