Tim Howald

Tim Howald is an assistant teaching professor in the School of Accounting and Finance Department at the Robert J. Trulaske, Sr. College of Business. He has more than 30 years of experience, primarily in the asset management field. He teaches Financial Accounting Concepts, Risk Management and other general finance courses at the undergraduate level and Financial Statement Analysis and Ethics in the Master of Science in Finance program. He was most recently the investment manager for a local insurance company. He began his career in the institutional trust department of a large regional bank, held the CFO position at the global investment management subsidiary of a Fortune 500 insurer and served as an institutional asset management consultant. 

He has earned the right to use the Chartered Financial Analyst designation and served as president of the Nevada Chartered Financial Analyst Society. He is a licensed CPA in the states of Missouri and Colorado. He received a bachelor’s degree in business administration from Mizzou and previously served on the MU Alumni Association Finance Committee. He currently serves as the treasurer of Job Point, a local organization that links individuals with training, education and employment. He also served as treasurer and a member of the Executive Committee of the Columbia Chamber of Commerce and the Fair Missouri Foundation. Howald returned to Columbia in 2016 after working in the Midwest and both coasts over the course of his career.