Timothy W. Koch, Ph.D.
Timothy Koch is Professor of Finance at the
University of
South Carolina and President of the Graduate School of Banking at
Colorado. He received a B.A. degree in mathematics from Wartburg College and a Ph.D. in economics from Purdue University. He has taught at USC since 1987 and formerly held the South Carolina Bankers Association Chair of Banking. Tim is the academic coordinator for the Graduate School of Bank Investments and Financeial Management held at USC and the Workshop on Bank Investments and Asset-Liability Management Strategies held in Las Vegas, NV each September.
Dr. Koch's research and writing focuses on bank performance analysis, risk management, the pricing of financial futures and fixed-income securities, and public finance. He is co-author of Bank Management, a leading college textbook, and has published in a wide range of academic and banking journals. Tim is the author of the General Banking curriculum materials for state-sponsored banking schools. He is a frequent seminar speaker for the banking industry, is a consultant for community banks and currently serves on the FDIC's Advisory Committee on Community Banking. Tim has served as President of the Graduate School of Banking at Colorado (GSBC), the premier graduate banking school for community bankers, since 2001.