Christopher C. Nicholls holds the W. Geoff Beattie Chair in Corporate Law at Western University. A former Fulbright Scholar, he has been a visiting professor or visiting scholar at Harvard, Yale, Stanford, Oxford, Cambridge, University of Melbourne, and the University of Tokyo. He is a former member of the Nova Scotia Securities Commission and served as Chair of the Board of Directors of the Mutual Fund Dealers Association of Canada, then one of Canada's two national financial industry self-regulatory organizations. He is a recognized expert in corporate law and governance, securities regulation, and the regulation of financial institutions.