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First Name
Tom
Last Name
Olive
Title
Affiliate Faculty of Practice
Office
SCB 3160
Phone
(616) 331-7403
Department
Finance
Expertise
• Corporate Finance • ESOP's • Corporate Governance
Biography
Tom Olive joined the SCB Finance faculty in Fall 2024 after a 38-year professional career starting with progressively more responsible Finance development positions in Fortune 500 FMCG companies and evolving to CFO and President/CEO roles with three West Michigan companies over the last 20 years of his corporate career. Transitioned to full-time faculty at Aquinas College in 2023-24 after four years serving as an adjunct.
Education
Master of Management, Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University (1987) BSBA (Accounting), Drake University (1985)
Teaching Areas
Managerial Finance (FIN320) Prior experience in intermediate/advanced Managerial Finance
Service
JEM Mentor 2024-2027 cycle

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