Education

• PhD, Southern Illinois University

Professional Activities

Damion McIntosh is an accounting, banking, and finance academic and practitioner who holds over 24 years’ experience in finance, banking, and accounting. Most of his professional experiences have been in financial institutions regulation and supervision with Jamaica’s Central Bank. In his capacity, McIntosh exited as the deputy director of the Central Bank’s Bank Regulatory Policy Department. McIntosh is a Keynote speaker and presenter on accounting, and financial sector regulatory and supervisory issues, and has participated in several related working groups in Jamaica and the Caribbean.

Currently, Dr. McIntosh is a professor of practice in finance at Auburn University where he teaches graduate and undergraduate courses in applied financial management, global financial markets, financial analysis, financial markets and institutions, financial sector regulation and supervision, (risk) management of financial institutions, and multinational financial management.  He has taught courses in Jamaica to prepare professionals to sit exams leading to designations as Certified Financial Analyst (CFA), US Certified Public Accountant (CPA), Certified Corporate Financial Analysis and Planning (FP&A), and Certified Treasury Professional (CTP).  Dr. McIntosh has published research papers on money laundering and bank executive compensation.

McIntosh has been recognized for his quality teaching.  He was a finalist for the Pearson Excellence in Higher Education Award for Exemplary Teaching and Learning in 2023.  He received the Auburn University Alumni Undergraduate Teaching Award, and the Auburn University Harbert College of Business Lowder Teaching Award, in 2023.   In 2021, McIntosh received the National Association of State Boards of Accountancy (NASBA) Center for the Public Interests' Campus Being A Difference Award for Auburn University, and the Auburn University Harbert College of Business McCartney Teaching Award.  Previously, McIntosh was Southern Illinois University Outstanding Graduate Assistant Teacher (2009), and the recipient of its College of Business Outstanding Graduate Assistant Teaching Award in 2 consecutive years, 2009 and 2010.

In addition to his academic experiences, Dr. McIntosh is a banking supervision advisor with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and independent consultant on financial institution regulatory and supervisory issues.  As such, McIntosh has provided technical assistance and technical consultancy to regulatory and supervisory authorities in countries in Africa, Asia, Central America, Europe, and South America.

Dr. McIntosh is a doctoral fellow under which he was conferred a PhD specializing in finance from Southern Illinois University. He is a Fulbright Scholar under which he completed an MBA from Southern Illinois University. He is also a Citibank scholar under which he completed a bachelor’s degree in accounting and management at the University of the West Indies.  McIntosh is a Certified Finance Manager (CFM), Certified Management Accountant (CMA), US Certified Public Accountant (CPA), and Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialist (CAMS).