Aaron Cowan, CPA, CGMA, CFA is an Executive Director at Chatham Financial where he leads the Global Corporates Accounting Advisory team providing solutions for FX, interest rate, and commodity risk, including hedge accounting. Prior to joining Chatham, Aaron worked at JPMorgan Chase in Chicago as a Vice President in the Corporate Accounting Policies group. Aaron also worked as a Manager in PricewaterhouseCoopers’ Transactions Services practice in New York and Chicago providing technical accounting and valuation assistance to audit and non-audit clients on complex areas of US GAAP, including derivatives and hedging, consolidations, and business combinations. He also spent one year at the Financial Accounting Standards Board in Connecticut as a technical assistant. Aaron graduated cum laude from the University of Utah with a BS in Accounting. He also earned an MBA in Finance from Indiana University. Aaron is a CPA in the state of New York and a CFA charter holder.