William Mahnic

William Mahnic, MBA, is associate professor of banking and finance at Weatherhead School of Management. Initially appointed in 1992, Mahnic teaches courses including Advanced Seminar; Corporate Finance; Global Banking and Capital Markets; Money and Banking; Investments; and Mergers and Acquisitions.

From 1985 to 2007, Mahnic worked in the Capital Markets Group at National City Corporation. He served as a Senior Vice President in the Mergers & Acquisitions Group for 10 years, advising small- and medium-sized businesses on valuation, debt structuring and private equity structuring. Mahnic was involved in over 50 M&A transactions during this period of time.

Mahnic worked in the Derivative Products Group for over nine years. As a Senior Vice President, Mahnic structured interest rate and currency derivative contracts for privately-held and publicly-traded businesses. During his time in this group, Mahnic closed over 500 hedging contracts.

A frequent guest speaker and commentator, Mahnic has been quoted in the Wall Street Journal, Bloomberg BusinessWeek, and the Los Angeles Times. He has appeared on China Central TV and is a frequent commentator on National Public Radio’s Market Place program. His speaking engagements have included Women Investing Together, Kohler Investment Group and Solon Chamber of Commerce. He is a weekly commentator on personal finance for WDOK FM in Cleveland. As a financial analyst, Mahnic is a frequent guest at Crain''s Cleveland Business, Cleveland; The Washington Post; WEWS, Channel 5, Cleveland; and WKYC, Channel 3 TV, Cleveland; and is a guest financial commentator at WKSU FM, Kent, Ohio.

Mahnic is the founding faculty advisor for the Case Western Reserve University Capital Club, which manages and invests over $400,000 of Case Western Reserve Endowment Funds. CWRU Capital is the stock investment club for Weatherhead undergraduates.

Mahnic received his MBA from Case Western Reserve University. He is a two-time recipient of the Excellence in Teaching – Undergraduate Studies award at Weatherhead (2013 and 2014), and a two-time nominee for the Carl F. Wittke Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching. Mahnic is a trustee and on the board of advisors for Holy Name High School, Parma Heights, Ohio.

The Weatherhead School of Management is different from other business schools. We are bold in our ideas, creative in our approach, and adaptive in our interactions within a changing business environment. We''ve enhanced traditional management education by integrating the fundamentals of business with ideas and practices that change individuals, organizations and societies. At Weatherhead, we develop leaders as good global citizens who innovate to create sustainable value.

Academic and Professional Activities

• Guest Speaker, WCPN 90.3 FM - National Public Radio, Cleveland, Ohio, 2011
• Guest Speaker, "Life Unscripted", The Village at 115, Cleveland, Ohio, 2011
• Guest Speaker, WKYC TV - Channel 3 - "The Good Company Show", Cleveland, Ohio, 2011
• Guest Speaker, WKYC Channel 3 - "The Good Company Show", Cleveland, Ohio, 2011
• Committee Member, UGIS New Course Development Committee ("Course X"), 2010 - Present
• Committee Member, WSOM Undergraduate Cirriculum Review Committee, 2010 - Present
• Committee Chair, BAFI Practitoners Seminar Series, 2010
• Guest Speaker, Alumni Weekend 2010, 2010
• Reviewer, Book, Financial Markets & Institutions, Mishkin& Eakins, 7th Edition, 2011, Pearson Publishing , Cleveland, Ohio, 2010
• Guest Speaker, Women Investing Together ("WIT"), Cleveland Heights, Ohio, 2010
• Guest Speaker, Broadview Hts. Ohio Chamber of Commerce, Broadview Heights, Ohio, 2010
• Guest Speaker, CWRU School Of Nursing, Cleveland, Ohio, 2010
• Guest Speaker, Lakewood Early Childhood Education PTA, Lakewood, Ohio, 2010
• Committee Member, WSOM Undergraduate and Integrated Study Program Services Committee, 2009 - Present
• Committee Member, WSOM Undergraduate & Integrated Study Program Services Committee, 2009 - 2010
• Guest Speaker, Solon Chamber of Commerce, Solon, Ohio, 2009 - 2010
• Guest Speaker, Kohler Investment Group, Cleveland, Ohio, 2009
• Guest Speaker, Holy Name High School, Parma Hts., Ohio, 2009
• Weekly Commentator On Personal Finance, WDOK, FM 102.1, Cleveland, Ohio, 2008 - Present
• Guest Finanical Analyst, Crain''s Cleveland Business, Clevleand, Ohio, 2008 - Present
• Guest Financial Analyst, The Washington Post, Washington D.C., 2008 - Present
• Guest Commentator, WCPN, Radio Station 90.3 FM, Cleveland, Ohio, 2008 - Present
• Guest Financial Analyst, WEWS, Channel 5, Cleveland, Ohio, 2008 - Present
• Guest Financial Commentator, WKSU, Radio 89.7FM, Akron, Ohio, 2008 - Present
• Guest Financial Analyst, WKYC, Channel 3 TV, Cleveland, Ohio, 2008 - Present

Awards

• Nominated For the Carl F. Wittke Award, WSOM - Undergraduate School. (2010).