Dr. Christopher Hessel is an Associates Professor of Finance at the Zicklin School of Business, Bernard Baruch College, City University of New York. He has published numerous articles on fixed-income securities, equity management and mergers and acquisitions. Professor Hessel is an accomplished teacher and has won the Baruch College Teaching Excellence Award given only once in faculty member's career along with 7 teaching awards from Zicklin School Business and 2 from student honor societies. He has been conducting training courses since 1986, both in-house and in public programs in the United States and 17 other countries.