John Hull is the Maple Financial Group Professor of Derivatives and Risk Management in the Joseph L. Rotman School of Management at the University of Toronto and Director of the Bonham Center for Finance. He is an internationally recognized authority on derivatives and has many publications in that area. Recently his research has focused on volatility surfaces, credit risk, market risk, and interest rate derivatives. He was, with Alan White, one of the winners of the Nikko-LOR research competition for his work on the Hull-White interest rate model. He has acted as consultant to many North American, Japanese, and European financial institutions.

In addition to the University of Toronto, Dr. Hull has taught at New York University, York University, University of British Columbia, Cranfield University, and London Business School. Earlier in his career he worked as a corporate planning analyst with British Shoe Corporation. He is an Associate Editor of seven academic journals.