Poitras, Geoffrey

Geoffrey Poitras is Professor of Finance in the Faculty of Business Administration at Simon Fraser University, in Canada. He has worked as a Securities Analyst with the Bank of Canada in Ottawa, and has taught at various international institutions, including the National University of Singapore and Thammasat University in Thailand. Poitras is the author of "The Early History of Financial Economics,1478‑1776" (2000); and "Risk Management, Speculation, and Derivative Securities "(2002) and has published numerous articles in the areas of finance, accounting, and economics.