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Kevin M. Sweeney

Lecturer of Finance, Business Offerings

Kevin Sweeney's areas of academic interest are financial technology (FinTech), corporate finance, the financial sector, social enterprises, and experiential learning. Kevin has been a member of the law and business faculties and in administrative leadership roles at various other universities. He was also previously chief executive officer of a non-profit economic and real estate development firm. 

Prior to that, he spent 19 years with MassMutual Financial Group, where he was most recently a managing director of MassMutual Capital Partners LLC responsible for strategic mergers and acquisitions, private equity investments, and other transactions. He also held a variety of other executive roles with MassMutual (e.g., senior vice president and chief operating officer of MassMutual International). Kevin has also served internationally on several corporate and non-profit Boards of Directors, including most recently the Board of a NASDAQ-traded holding company for a federally chartered bank.

Education

  • J.D., Law, University of Wisconsin Law School
  • M.B.A., New York University Stern School of Business/London School of Economics & Political Science/HEC School of Management (TRIUM Global MBA)
  • B.A., Political Science, University of Massachusetts – Amherst