Elroy Dimson

Elroy Dimson is Professor of Finance and Research Director at Cambridge Judge Business School, and Bye-Fellow of Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge. He is Emeritus Professor of Finance at London Business School.

His research focuses on responsible investment and long-horizon investing, and he and his co-authors have become well known for their studies of the investment performance since 1900 of financial assets in 90 countries and real assets such as wine, stamps, art, and collectibles.

His publications, with several colleagues, on financial market history, endowment asset management, and responsible investing have been recognised by several awards. His books include the Global Investment Returns Yearbook (with Paul Marsh and Mike Staunton), Financial Market History (with David Chambers), Endowment Asset Management (with Shanta Acharya), and Triumph of the Optimists (with Paul Marsh and Mike Staunton). His articles are on active ownership (Review of Financial Studies), real assets (Journal of Financial Economics), financial history (Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis), investing in art (Review of Asset Pricing Studies), endowment strategy (Financial Analysts Journal), and ESG investing Journal of Portfolio Management). His case studies are on fossil fuel divestment, manager selection, real estate, and stocks for the long run.

Dr Dimson serves on the Review Board of the CFA Institute Research Foundation, and the Supervisory Council of the Geneva Finance Research Institute. He was formerly Chairman of the Strategy Council for Norway’s sovereign wealth fund and Chairman of the Policy and Advisory Boards of FTSE Russell. Before going to Cambridge was a Professor and Governor at London Business School. He is a Fellow of CFA UK, the Institute and Faculty of Actuaries, and the Royal Historical Society. His PhD is from London Business School.