Meet the UWorld Finance Instructors

Our team of instructors includes Chartered Financial Analysts® and Chartered Market Technicians® who are distinguished professors, acclaimed thought leaders, published authors, and seasoned subject matter experts. With extensive real-world experience, each brings a unique perspective and teaching style. They are united in their commitment to keeping you captivated and simplifying complex concepts for easy comprehension.

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Peter Olinto, JD, CPA (inactive), CFA®
Peter Olinto, JD, CPA (inactive), CFA

Peter has been teaching CPA and CFA Program Exam Review courses for more than two decades. 300 universities have used his instructional videos, numerous accounting and financial firms, and over 100,000 successful CFA and CPA candidates worldwide. He holds CPA (inactive), J.D., and CFA qualifications.

Darren-Degraaf
Darren Degraaf, CFA, CPA, MAFM PRM

Darren Degraaf is a Certified Management Accountant, Chartered Financial Analyst, US Certified Public Accountant (Delaware), and Professional Risk Manager with extensive experience teaching CFA exam review courses globally, including Level I, Level II, and Level III topics.

Chris Ansell, CFA
Chris Ansell, CFA

Chris Ansell is an experienced financial professional, having worked in financial analysis, equity valuation, and operations. He has years of experience as a Module Leader of Masters level courses at BPP and the University of Hertfordshire Business School teaching key topics on the CFA.

Sam-Gottlieb
Sam Gottlieb, CFA, JD (inactive), LLM, FRM, CFP

Sam began his professional career as an attorney after earning J.D. and an LL.M. degrees, and has practiced extensively in estate planning and taxation. In addition to his law degrees, he has received the CFA, FRM, and CFP designations.

Leslie-Jouflas
Leslie Jouflas, CMT

Leslie is a private trader and educator with nearly 25 years of experience in the financial markets. She is the Founder of Trading Live Online, LLC and has authored bestselling books and articles in industry publications like The Trader’s Journal and Active Trader. Leslie develops QBank and mock exam questions across all three levels of the UWorld CMT Review Course.

Alex-Cole
Alex Cole, CMT

Alex has nearly 20 years of financial market experience and has contributed to major industry news publications like Bloomberg. Alex helped build the UWorld CMT Exam Review course, for which he designed instructional content aligned with the Official CMT Curriculum and filmed 30+ hours of video lectures.

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