Sean Cleary was a lecturer of Investment Finance in the Department of Business Managment at Ryerson Unviersity from 1994 to 1997. Cleary earned his BA in Economics from Acadia University (1983), his BEd from Saint Francis Xavier University (1984), his MBA in Finance from Saint Mary's University (1989), and his PhD in Finance from the University of Toronto (1998). While teaching at Ryerson, Cleary also taught Finance part-time at the University of Toronto. After leaving Ryerson, he took positions as an Assistant Professor at the University of Lethbridge (1997-1998) and at York University (2001-2002). In 2002, Cleary became an Associate Professor at Saint Mary's University, becoming a full professor in 2006. In 2008, he took a position as the BMO Professor of Finance and the Academic Director of the Master of Management in Finance at Queen's University. His research focuses on empirical studies in corporate finance and investments.