39th Annual Meeting

Jeffrey R. Bohn
 

JEFFREY R. BOHN leads Moody’s KMV’s (MKMV’s) global research group and MKMV’s credit strategies group. In the past, his responsibilities included co-heading product management and managing MKMV Asia. In his MKMV Asia role he had responsibility for client service teams selling and supporting clients in the region. He has been directly involved in developing several of the models and products currently sold by MKMV. His research group develops, maintains, and improves the models underlying MKMV’s product offerings. Part of his role includes working closely with central banks and regulators to improve the functioning of global credit markets. He often gives seminars on topics ranging from credit instrument valuation to active credit portfolio management. Before joining MKMV in 1997, he owned a business consulting firm that helped US companies to build their businesses in Asia. He has taught in the master of business administration (MBA) program at Golden Gate University and currently teaches a credit risk modeling class in the master of financial engineering program at the University of California, Berkeley. He has published widely in the area of credit risk research. He holds a bachelor’s degree in economics from Brigham Young University and master’s and doctoral degrees in finance from the University of California, Berkeley.