Martin Cherkes

A native of Russia, Martin arrived to US in 1980 to acquire a Doctorate in Economics from U of Penn. He Graduated in 1984 and taught at a number of universities , including UPenn[ Wharton] in 1986-1987 and 1993-1997 and Princeton University in 1997-2005. He spent 7 years on Wall Street working in research and managerial capacities, including Senior VP and Global product manager for commodity risk management at Barclays Bank[ 1990-1993].

Prof. Cherkes taught annually a group of Chinese executives at the Wharton/Securities Association of China joint program. He was a key-note speaker at the Securities Association of China meeting in Shen Zhen this year.