Dr. Douglas Streeter Rolph

Dr. Douglas Streeter Rolph is a Senior Lecturer of Finance at Singapore University of Technology and Design.  Previously, Dr. Rolph was the founding Academic Director of the Nanyang Professional MBA programme and a Senior Lecturer of Banking and Finance at Nanyang Business School, Nanyang Technological University.  His research focuses on FinTech ecosystems, financial inclusion, and the role of innovation in financial institutions.

Dr Rolph regularly speaks about FinTech, innovation and financial inclusion at industry and international events.  He has been recently interviewed by The Straits Times (Singapore), China Daily, The Business Times (Singapore) and Thomson Reuters.  He has written for The Business Times (Singapore).

Dr. Rolph teaches topics related to investing and risk management.  In 2015, he received the M.Sc. Financial Engineering Teacher of the Year award at Nanyang Business School.

Dr. Rolph also was an Assistant Professor of Finance at City University of Hong Kong and an economist at the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City. He earned a Ph.D. in Finance from the University of Washington, Seattle in 2003.