James Bordignon

Adjunct Instructor of Finance

Jim Bordignon serves as an Adjunct Instructor and brings more than thirty years of experience in financial markets. He started his career at Northern Trust in exchange clearing and derivatives management, worked at KPMG Consulting supporting derivatives risk management and trading technology projects, spent eighteen years in energy trading risk management and ethics & compliance at BP, led the University of Chicago Financial Markets pre-professional program supporting undergraduate students interested in quantitative finance careers, and most recently working in talent development and recruiting for DRW Trading.

Education

MBA in International Business, Dominican University
Bachelor's in Economics, Iowa State University

Professional/Community Affiliations

Advisory Board Member – Chicago Children’s Advocacy Center

Courses Taught

FINC 630 - Capstone Master of Science Finance
FINC 335 - Investments
FINC 345 - Portfolio Management
FINC 336 - Introduction to Derivatives

Publications/Research Listings

'“Energy and Environmental Project Finance Law and Taxation: New Investment Techniques”, 2025 Edition (Andrea S. Kramer, Nicholas C. Mowbray), Author of the following: Chapter 11: Cap-and-Trade Versus Carbon Tax Programs: An In-Depth Comparative Analysis, Chapter 12: A Project Finance Introduction to Offset and Allowance Futures and Options in Environmental Markets