Richard A. Brealey is a British economist and author. He is an emeritus professor at the London Business School and a Fellow of the British Academy.[1] He co-authored Principles of Corporate Finance with Stewart C. Myers and Franklin Allen (now in its thirteenth edition).
He was a full-time faculty member of the London Business School from 1968 to 1998.[citation needed] He has held the posts of Director of the American Finance Association and president of the European Finance Association. He is a member of the editorial boards of the Journal of Applied Corporate Finance, Journal of Empirical Finance,[2] and European Finance Review.[3]
Professor Brealey is a director of the Swiss Helvetia Fund and a former director of HSBC Investor Funds, Sun Life Assurance Company of Canada UK Holdings plc, and Tokai Derivative Products Ltd.[citation needed] He was formerly a special adviser to the Governor of the Bank of England.[3]
He was educated at Exeter College, Oxford, with an M.A. in Philosophy, Politics and Economics.[4]