Mr. Timur Gök teaches finance at Northern Illinois University and is Regional Co-Director of the Chicago chapter of Professional Risk Managers’ International Association (PRMIA).  He is a former Fulbright scholarship recipient and holds a M.A. degree in Economics from Washington University in St. Louis and an Advanced Professional Certificate in Finance from New York University. Before joining NIU in 2001, he was Director, Domestic Finance at Deere & Company. He began his professional career at the University of Florida, where he taught economics.