Tristan Fitzgerald

Biography

Tristan Fitzgerald is an Assistant Professor of Finance at the Mays Business School, Texas A&M University. He received his PhD in Finance from the Haas School of Business, University of California Berkeley. He also received a Bachelor in Commerce and a Bachelor in Laws from the University of Queensland, Australia.

Motivated by his investment banking and corporate finance advisory experience at J.P. Morgan, Macquarie Bank and Ernst & Young, Tristan is interested in understanding the impact of financial transactions and financial intermediaries on the real economy. In particular, he is interested in how financial markets and financial intermediaries may actively shape the nature of innovation that is undertaken by firms and entrepreneurs as well as the role of skilled human capital in driving firm productivity.  His research also considers how corporate governance and government policy can influence firm strategy and corporate outcomes.