Biographical
Sketch of Keith Christopher Brown
Keith Christopher Brown
currently holds the positions of Jack S. Josey Professor and Fayez Sarofim
Fellow in the Department of Finance at the McCombs School of Business,
Keith is the co-founder and Senior Partner of Fulcrum
Financial Group, a portfolio management, business valuation, and investment
advisory firm located in Austin, Texas and Las Vegas, Nevada. He is currently the Director of the
Department’s Hicks, Muse, Tate & Furst Center for Private Equity
Finance and for eleven years he also served as President and Chief Executive
Officer of The MBA Investment Fund, LLC, a private capital appreciation fund
managed by students at the University of Texas.
From May 1987 to August 1988 Keith was based in New York as a Senior
Consultant to the Corporate Professional Development Department at
Manufacturers Hanover Trust Company. He
has also lectured extensively in the global Executive Development programs for
companies such as Fidelity Investments, JP Morgan Chase Bank, Merrill Lynch, Lehman
Brothers, Chase Securities, Union Bank of Switzerland, Chemical Bank, Chase
Bank of Texas, USAA Investment Management, Security Commission of Malaysia, The
Beacon Group, Motorola, Halliburton, Association for Investment Management and
Research, and spent thirteen months as a senior planner with a San Diego,
California-based financial planning firm.
In August of 1988, Keith received his charter from the Institute of
Chartered Financial Analysts. He
currently serves as Advisor to the Board of Trustees of Teacher Retirement
System of Texas and the Board of Directors of University of Texas Investment
Management Company and as Associate Editor
for Journal of Investment Management
and Journal of Behavioral Finance.
For five years he held the position of Research Director for the
Research Foundation of the CFA Institute.
Please click here for a recent copy of Keith's curriculum vitae (PDF Document).