Andrew DeGuire, Arts ’93, is the James H. Keyes Dean of the College of Business Administration. DeGuire received his Honors Bachelor of Arts in economics from the College of Arts and Sciences, followed by an M.A. in international economics and finance from Brandeis University. He has also studied at the London School of Economics and Copenhagen Business School.

DeGuire most recently served as the vice president of corporate strategy at Northwestern Mutual, where his team’s responsibilities included leading development and driving the company’s multi-year strategy, performance reporting, corporate, consumer and competitive research, and analytics. He was a member of the Northwestern Mutual Venture Fund investment committee and board chairman for Wysh Life & Health, the life insurance carrier for the company’s direct-to-consumer subsidiary.

Prior to that, he was the vice president of corporate development and mergers and acquisitions at Quad/Graphics and vice president of strategy and acquisitions for the building efficiency business of Johnson Controls.

DeGuire is the co-author of Betting the Company: Complex Negotiation Strategies for Law and Business. He was recognized by the Milwaukee Business Journal as a “40 Under 40” winner and serves on the board of the Association for Corporate Growth’s Wisconsin chapter. In addition, DeGuire has given guest lectures at Marquette and served on the College of Business Administration’s leadership council.