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Keith Black currently serves as Managing Director and Program Director for FDP Institute. He previously worked in hedge fund manager research at Ennis Knupp + Associates, as well as an assistant professor at the Illinois Institute of Technology. Prior experience includes commodities derivatives trading, stock options research and CBOE floor trading, and equity research. Dr. Black has been published in The Journal of Wealth Management and The Journal of Alternatives Investments among others. He is the co-author of the second, third, and fourth editions of the CAIA Level I and Level II curriculum. Dr. Black earned a BA from Whittier College, an MBA from Carnegie Mellon University, and a PhD from the Illinois Institute of Technology. He has earned the CFA, FDP, and CAIA designations.

Experience in statistics and economic research at Research Statistics Bureau, Shimonoseki Branch and Planning Bureau in Bank of Japan. Promoted business development as the senior analyst and sales manager at Nowcast from September 2015, and holds the current position from February 2019.