Atif Ellahie

I am an Assistant Professor at the David Eccles School of Business at the University of Utah, focusing on empirical research at the intersection of accounting and financial economics. My research interests span two broad topics: (1) understanding how the firm-level and macroeconomic-level information environments interact, and (2) examining the economic consequences of institutional characteristics such as disclosure, regulation, and culture. I teach financial accounting and financial reporting analysis to accounting and finance students.

Previously, I worked for ten years in investment banking in New York and London. Most recently, I was an Executive Director at UBS Investment Bank advising technology, software, and services companies on corporate finance strategy, capital raisings, and mergers and acquisitions. My clients included IBM, Xerox, Motorola, Infosys and BAE Systems, among others.

I hold a PhD from London Business School (2015), an MSc with distinction in International Accounting and Finance from London School of Economics (1999), and an MBA from Lahore University of Management Sciences (1997). I have also held the professional designation of Chartered Financial Analyst since 2003.