About the Authors

Barbara S. Petitt, PhD, CFA, is Director, Curriculum Projects, EMEA at CFA Institute. She has an in-depth knowledge of equity valuation, mergers, acquisitions, and corporate restructurings. She has held academic positions at Thunderbird, School of Global Management in the U.S., Bournemouth University in the U.K., and SKEMA Business School in France, and consulted with corporate clients throughout Europe and North America. Petitt resides in Poole, U.K.

Kenneth R. Ferris, a valuation and acquisition consultant to small and mid-cap companies in Central America, served on the faculty at Northwestern’s Kellogg School of Management; SMU’s Cox School of Business; Thunderbird School of Global Management; Drucker School of Business at Claremont Graduate School, and Arizona State’s W.P. Carey School of Business. He was a director for three NYSE-listed firms. Ferris resides in Placencia, Belize.