Todd Pulvino

Todd Pulvino is a co-founder and principal at CNH Partners, the merger arbitrage and convertible arbitrage affiliate of AQR Capital Management. Todd has served on the finance faculties of Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Management and Harvard Business School. His research is published in top academic finance journals including The Journal of Finance, the Journal of Financial Economics, and the American Economic Review. Todd holds Ph.D. and A.M. degrees in Business Economics from Harvard University, an M.S. degree in Mechanical Engineering from the California Institute of Technology, and a B.Sc. degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Prior to completing his doctoral work at Harvard, Todd worked as a design engineer in the aerospace industry.

Education B.S., 1984, Mechanical Engineering, University of Wisconsin - Madison

Ph.D., 1996, Business Economics, Harvard Business School, Harvard University

M.A., 1995, Business Economics, Harvard Business School, Harvard University

M.S., 1986, Mechanical Engineering, California Institute of Technology

Academic Positions Adjunct Professor of Finance, Kellogg School of Management, 2007-present

Associate Professor of Finance, Kellogg School of Management, 2003-2004

Visiting Assistant Professor, Harvard Business School, 2000-2001

Assistant Professor of Finance, Kellogg School of Management, 1996-2003

Other Professional Experience Founding Principal, CNH Partners, LLC, 2000-present

Consultant - Event Arbitrage, Grosvenor Asset Management, 2000-2001

Consultant - Event Arbitrage, Collins Associates, 1998-2000

Project Engineer, Aerospace Corporation, 1985-1991

Honors and Awards L.G. Lavengood Outstanding Professor of the Year Award, Kellogg School of Management, 1999

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