Dennis Draper

Dennis Draper is a professor of finance at Loyola Marymount University and previously served as the dean of LMU's College of Business Administration from 2007-2018. Prior to his appointment as dean, he served as director of the Center for Investment Studies and associate professor of finance at USC's Marshall School of Business. Draper, who has held senior academic positions for more than 20 years, was also the vice dean of graduate programs at USC.

At the Marshall School, he led several changes in the culture of the education process, the curriculum, the admissions policy and the global focus of the school’s education. He also made numerous strategic investments on behalf of the school, managed alumni and corporate relationships, opened new facilities and modified existing programs.

In addition, Draper is an expert in investment strategy, risk management and derivative securities analyses. Outside of academia he has served as a financial consultant on investment management and strategy relationships, as well as a corporate consultant involved in the structure, capital acquisition, operation, and strategy for existing and start-up companies. Some of Draper’s professional activities include Chief Operating Officer of Film Roman, Inc.; President of the Manhattan Beach Education Foundation; and Co-Director, CFA Review Program of the Los Angeles Society of Financial Analysts.

Expertise

• commodities and commodity futures
• corporate financial strategy
• derivatives
• hedging strategies for financial
• institutions
• information economics
• interest rate futures
• stock index futures
• investments
• options
• speculative markets
• stock index futures
• swap transactions
• risk management
• financial start-ups
• financial planning

Education

• Ph.D. Stanford University Graduate School of Business
• B.S. Northwestern University
• M.S. Stanford University