Ingo Walter is the Charles Simon Professor of Applied Financial Economics at the Stern School of Business, New York University, and also serves as Director of the New York University Salomon Center, an independent academic research institute founded in 1972 to focus on financial institutions, instruments and markets.
Prof. Walter received his A.B. and M.S. degrees from Lehigh University and his Ph.D. degree in 1966 from New York University. He taught at the University of Missouri St. Louis from 1965 to 1970 and has been on the faculty at New York University since 1970. From 1971 to 1979 he was Associate Dean for Academic Affairs and subsequently served a number of terms as Chairman of International Business and Chairman of Finance.
Dr. Walter's principal areas of academic and consulting activity include international trade policy, international banking, environmental economics, and economics of multinational corporate operations. He has published papers in various professional journals in these fields and is the author or editor of 25 books, including Global Banking co-authored with Prof. Roy C. Smith (1997) and Street Smarts: Leadership, Professional Conduct and Shareholder Value in the Securities Industry (also with Roy Smith). His most recent book is titled Investment Banking in the Euro-Zone (with Roy Smith) published in 2000 by the Financial Times — Prentice-Hall. His new book on financial-sector mergers will be published by Oxford University Press in 2003. At present, his interests focus on competitive structure, conduct and performance in the international banking and financial services industry, as well as international trade and investment issues.
He has served as a consultant to various government agencies, international institutions, banks and corporations, and has held a number of board memberships.
Street Smarts: Linking Professional Conduct with Shareholder Value in the Securities Industry