David Hillier is a professor of finance at the University of Strathclyde. He research focuses on corporate governance, corporate finance, insider trading, and behavioural finance. Professor Hillier is an established teacher of executive programmes and has conducted courses for a variety of professional clients. He is also the adapting author of the European editions of Financial Markets and Corporate Strategy (McGraw-Hill, 2008) and Corporate Finance (McGraw-Hill, 2010).

Iain Clacher is a lecturer in Accounting and Finance at Leeds University Business School.