Larry Harris holds the Fred V. Keenan Chair in Finance at the University of Southern California (USC) Marshall School of Business. His research, teaching, and consulting address regulatory and practitioner issues in trading and investment management. Practitioners widely regard his introduction to the economics of trading, Trading and Exchanges: Market Microstructure for Practitioners, as a “must read.” Professor Harris served as the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Chief Economist from 2002-2004. He currently serves as the lead independent director of Interactive Brokers (IBKR), a director of the four Davis Select ETF Funds, the research coordinator of the Q-Group, and a member of the Financial Economists Roundtable.

Professor Harris PhD in economics from the University of Chicago and is a designated CFA charterholder.