Lecturer in Finance

Leon M. Metzger is an adjunct professor and lecturer at New York, Tel Aviv, and Yale universities, where he teaches multi-disciplinary, general-management-focused courses that provide an overview of the challenges of launching and operating hedge funds, and that explore the impact of global macro current events on alternative-investment managers, investors, and regulators. An expert witness, arbitrator, and consultant on financial services matters, he was associated with Paloma Partners Management Company for 18 years, most recently as its vice chairman and chief administrative officer. Metzger has testified before Congress on capital markets, alternative investments, and operational controls, and has appeared as an expert on valuations and alternative investments before various government agencies. His Yale SOM class was the subject of a feature story in the New York Times in 2008.

Testimony before Congress
Statement before the Committee on Financial Services, January 5, 2009 
Testimony before the Full Committee on Ways and Means, September 6, 2007
Testimony before the Subcommittee on Capital Markets, Securities and Government-Sponsored Enterprises, March 3, 1999 

Education
MBA Harvard University
BS Wharton

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