BIO Michael Keck is passionate about forming students who are as competent in business and finance as they are grounded in Christlike character. He teaches Principles of Finance, Financial Analysis, Principles of Microeconomics, and Faith, Finance & Folly in the Dayton School of Business. Michael brings a practitioner’s view into the classroom: he is a partner at Five Talents M&A, a lower middle market advisory firm. He owns and operates Paul’s Discount, a Somerset sporting goods store and Lake Cumberland Indoor Range. His doctoral research at ESCP Business School examines the relationship between Private Equity manager’s ethical ideology and fund returns, as well as how an acquirer’s character shapes the company it buys. Michael holds an MBA from Duke University. He and his wife, Brooke, have two children, Everleigh and Christian, and reside in London, KY. Education Ph.D. candidate., ESCP Europe MBA., Duke University – Fuqua School of Business M.A. Christian Apologetics., Liberty University MSc. Finance and Economic Policy, University of London B.S., General Management, Western Kentucky University Professional Experience Partner, Five Talents M&A (lower middle market M&A advisory) Owner and Operator, Paul’s Discount (sporting goods retailer, Somerset, KY, est. 1960) Owner and Operator, Lake Cumberland Indoor Range (opened 2025) Independent Consultant: M&A advisory, business valuation, financial modeling, and private equity due diligence FINRA-registered representative (Series 7, 66, 79, 82, SIE); Certified M&A Advisor (CM&AA) Additional Information Ethics of private equity: the ethical ideologies of private equity fund managers and how they shape investment decisions (doctoral research, ESCP Business School) Entrepreneurship Through Acquisition (ETA): applying Upper Echelons Theory to how an acquirer’s character and values come to shape the company they buy Moral foundations of finance and business governance: natural law and the case for an objective moral grounding in markets Faith and economics: human flourishing as the purpose of business, with profit as a means rather than an end Christian ethics and artificial intelligence: human dignity, the purpose of work, and formation in an age of AI Member of Society of Business Ethics Contact Michael Keck X/TwitterThis field is for validation purposes and should be left unchanged.Your name(Required)Your email address(Required) Subject line:(Required)Message:(Required)FacStaff Email (please keep hidden) FacStaff Slug (please keep hidden)