Duncan McKeen

Full Bio

Duncan has been designing and building financial models since 2003 and has been teaching financial modeling since 2014. Over his career, he has been instrumental in developing multiple courses which spam across financial modeling, business intelligence and dashboarding. He has a keen interest in data sciences and data visualization that stems from his background in engineering as well his experience marketing investment ideas to institutional buy-side clients. He believes that models and dashboards can be powerful communication tools and mechanisms to make better financial decisions.

Duncan currently works as an Executive Vice President, Financial Modeling at the Corporate Finance Institute (CFI) where he oversees the Financial Modeling & Financial Modeling and Valuation Analyst (FMVA) program. Prior to joining CFI in 2021, Duncan acted as Principal at the Marquee Group since 2014 where he focused on financial modeling course design and delivery. Since 2015, he has also been a Lecturer in the Master of International Business program at the Smith School of Business at Queen’s University.

Prior to transitioning to teaching, Duncan worked in the Capital Markets for over 10 years as a Research Analyst focused on the resource sector analyzing commodities and mining companies. During this time, he was a Senior Vice President and at Macquarie Capital Markets and a Vice President at GMP Securities. Duncan has built and managed research teams covering portfolios in excess of $140 billion. He has published institutional equity research on base metals, coal, fertilizers, uranium and platinum group metals. Before joining the financial community, Duncan worked with Ingersoll-Rand as a Product Manager and a Technical Sales Engineer.

Duncan received his Master of Finance degree from the Queen’s University School of Business and a Bachelor of Engineering degree from McGill University. He also holds the Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) designation.

Academic Degree

Master of Finance
Smith School of Business, Queen’s University (2013)

Bachelor of Mechanical Engineering
McGill University (1998)

Academic Experience

Smith School of Business, Queen’s University
Term Adjunct (2015 - Present)
Term Adjunct (2013)