Matthew Fink was employed by the Investment Company Institute, the national association of the mutual fund industry, from 1971 to 2004, and served as the Institute’s President from 1991 to 2004.

Since his retirement Mr. Fink has written a history of mutual funds, The Rise of Mutual Funds: An Insiders View, published by Oxford University Press in 2008, with a second edition updated to cover the 2008 financial crisis published in 2011.

Mr. Fink's new book on financial regulation, The Unlikely Reformer: Carter Glass and Financial Regulation, has been published by George Mason University Press in 2019.

He has authored numerous articles on mutual funds and other financial matters, and lectures at law schools, business schools, and other institutions.

Mr. Fink is an honors graduate of Brown University and Harvard Law School, and attended the London School of Economics.