College of Charleston School of Business

Symposium Leadership

The students behind the Strategic Investment Symposium

Leadership

Symposium Committee

W. Walt Green

Chairman at CofC Student Investment Advisory Board

Following a 40 year career with JPMorgan and its predecessor institutions, he has remained actively involved in investment education and the development of the next generation of business and investment professionals. He currently serves as Chairman of the Advisory Board for the Business Investment Program at the College of Charleston and Chairman of the Advisory Board for the Student Managed Investment Fund at Mercer University’s Stetson-Hatcher School of Business. He also serves on the Advisory Board for the Entrepreneurship Program at the University of Georgia and was a founding board member of the Student Managed Investment Fund at UGA’s Terry College of Business.

Dr. Mark K. Pyles

Director - Multi-Asset Strategies at Greenwood Capital

Pyles is Director of Multi-Asset Strategies at Greenwood Capital, having joined the firm as a member of the Investment Committee in 2022 before transitioning to the current role in 2023. Pyles oversees several investment strategies while providing analysis on macro-economic trends, asset selection and allocation, performance measurement, and risk management. Prior to joining Greenwood Capital, Pyles had an 18-year career in academics at the College of Charleston, where his primary teaching roles included corporate finance, investments and financial modeling at both the undergraduate and graduate levels. He founded and served as Director of the School of Business Investment Program, which he continues to do today. Pyles published over 40 articles in peer-reviewed journals and authored two editions of a textbook, Applied Corporate Finance. Pyles obtained a B.B.A in Finance from Eastern Kentucky University, an M.S. in Economics, and a Ph.D. in Finance from the University of Kentucky. He holds the Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA®) designation, along with the Certificate in Performance Measurement (CIPM®) and the Certificate in ESG Investing from the CFA Institute.

Leadership