Sri Lankan born Professor Gishan Dissanaike has been named as the new Dean of Cambridge Judge Business School, University of Cambridge, following a competitive global recruitment search, and will take up the appointment of Dean on 1 December, 2024.
This is the first time in the last 30 years that the University has selected an internal candidate to be Dean of the Business School.
Professor Dissanaike is a financial economist and holds the Adam Smith Professorship of Corporate Governance at the University of Cambridge. He became the Interim Dean of Cambridge Judge in July 2023.
He gained his BA from the University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka, before coming up to Cambridge to the Faculty of Economics and Trinity College, where he completed an MPhil and a PhD in Economics.
Professor Dissanaike has also held a visiting faculty appointment at Cornell University and has been consulted by several international corporations, investment banks, and regulatory agencies.
As a faculty member at Cambridge Judge for 30 years, he has a deep understanding of the school’s culture, values, and operations. Gishan has taught generations of students on the MBA, Master of Finance and MPhil in Finance programmes and has developed strong connections with the alumni community of both the Business School and the wider University.
Professor Dissanaike said: “It will be a privilege to serve as the first home-grown dean of Cambridge Judge Business School, and to serve the institution that has been such an inspiration, as well as my academic home for several decades. I look forward to nurturing the relationships, ambitions and conversations that keep the Business School – and indeed Cambridge – at the top of its game, in terms of impact, research, global economic benefit and philanthropic endeavour. Cambridge Judge Business School will focus on responsible business, innovation, and leadership in a turbulent world, and continue to solve real-world problems that have a lasting impact on society.” (Newswire)
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