Bijesh Tolia

Bijesh Tolia, Ph.D., CFA, CA, has extensive experience in finance education and leadership. Since 2010, Bijesh serves as Vice President of CFA Education at Kaplan Professional, overseeing the CFA Level II product portfolio and acting as a Level II Professor. Prior to this role, Bijesh was a Professor of Finance at Chicago State University from 1997 to 2010, where responsibilities included Interim Dean and Associate Dean of the College of Business, as well as Department Chair for Accounting and Finance. Bijesh holds a Ph.D. in Finance from the Sheldon B. Lubar School of Business Administration at the University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, and is also a Chartered Accountant, having completed studies at the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India.