Rohan Williamson

Rohan Williamson is Professor of Finance and the Bolton Sullivan and Thomas A. Dean Chair of International Business at the McDonough School of Business at Georgetown University. He is also a research Associate at the National Bureau for Economic Research. He has served as Interim Dean of the McDonough School of Business and a member of the Academic Leadership Council.  Professor Williamson specializes in risk management, corporate governance, corporate investment decisions and corporate liquidity.  

His research has appeared in top academic journals as well as practitioner-oriented publications.  He has presented research and served as a panelist or speaker at conferences and seminars around the world.  Professor Williamson’s research has been awarded the Michael Jensen Prize for the best paper published in the Journal of Financial Economics and the William Sharpe Best Paper Award in the Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis.     

Professor Williamson is Chairman of the Board of Directors for TIAA Trust and was Chairman of the Board for TIAA Bank and served on the Risk, Trust, Nominating and Governance and Executive Committees. He is a member of the TIAA, FSB Holdings Inc. which is the holding company for the bank and other assets. He also serves as the Chairman of the Board of Document Systems, Inc a small IT Services and IT Consulting firm in Washington, DC. In addition, he serves on the Internal Advisory Committee for the Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center at Georgetown University and the Finance Advisory Board of the Fisher College of Business at The Ohio State University.  

Professor Williamson received his PhD and MA from The Ohio State University, an M.B.A from Atlanta University and a Bachelor of Mechanical Engineering from the University of Dayton.  He received The Ohio State University Pace Setters Award and is a member of Beta Gamma Sigma Business Honor Society.