Dr. Cristie Ford (BA, JD, LLM, JSD) is a full Professor at the Peter A. Allard School of Law, University of British Columbia, where she teaches Securities Regulation, Administrative Law, and a seminar on innovation, regulation, and law. Professor Ford’s passion for safeguarding the interests of investors and the public has animated her scholarship from the beginning of her academic career. Among other things, she has written about ways to reform securities law enforcement to better address problems of corporate ethical culture; on how to design effective principles-based regulation; and on the challenges that financial innovation poses for regulation. Professor Ford has published dozens of articles in leading academic journals and handbooks and has authored/coauthored two books, including the leading Securities Regulation text in Canada. She has won awards for her teaching and her research, and her work in both securities regulation and administrative law has been cited with approval by the Supreme Court of Canada. Professor Ford obtained her graduate degrees from Columbia Law School, where she also taught. Before joining academia, Professor Ford practiced law in Vancouver and New York, the latter as a senior associate in securities regulation and financial litigation at Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP. She is a non-practicing member of the Law Society of British Columbia, and of the New York state and federal (Southern District) bars.