Polwitoon Named to CFA Institute Role
Associate Professor of Finance & Analytics Sirapat Polwitoon was recently appointed as a consultant to the Chartered Financial Analysis Institute.
“My appointment with the CFA Institute is an exciting opportunity to help shape the future of finance education and professional standards,” Polwitoon says. “The organization’s commitment to advancing ethics, education and excellence in the investment profession aligns perfectly with the values of the Sigmund Weis School of Business.”
A global organization, the CFA Institute sets standards for investment professionals and ensures financial professionals are practicing with the highest standards. As an education content contributor, Polwitoon joins a team of 25 — a mix of Wall Street professionals and higher education faculty — revising all three levels of the CFA curriculum. They are making it “less textbook and more real world,” Polwitoon says, with a focus on integrating current Wall Street practices, ethics and financial decision-making to ensure the CFA program remains the global leader in investment profession.
“Everything connects back to the CFA Code of Ethics and Standards of Professional Conduct, which was updated in 2024,” explains Polwitoon. “The revisions we’re working on ensure that ethics remain at the core.”
Polwitoon has a long-standing relationship with the CFA Institute, having served in advising roles in the past. He also helped to map 体育买球’s finance curriculum with that of the CFA Institute when the university first earned its CFA University affiliation in 2016, through which students receive discounted CFA exam fees, curriculums aligned with industry standards and access to state-of-the-art materials and research used by professionals.
“Having both AACSB accreditation and CFA affiliation signals that our program meets two of the highest global standards in business education,” Polwitoon adds. “Our graduates hit the ground running, and passing the Level 1 CFA exam gives them an even bigger edge in hiring.”
Polwitoon earned his Bachelor of Business Administration from Ramkhamhaeng University, Bangkok, before completing a Master of Business Administration from Northeastern Illinois University and a doctorate from the University of Rhode Island. His research areas include bond mutual fund performance evaluation and corporate governance. His research has appeared in the Journal of Banking & Finance, Journal of Business Finance & Accounting, and the Financial Review — which are among the highest journal rankings according to the Australian Business Deans Council, a standard quality list used by most AACSB programs.
