The Professor of Business at Gresham College, London, gives free educational lectures to the general public. The college was founded for this purpose in 1597, when it appointed seven professors.
The chair was created in 1985, sponsored by the Mercers' School Memorial Trust, administered by the Worshipful Company of Mercers. It was originally named the Gresham Professor of Commerce, but in 2018, it was renamed to Gresham Professor of Business.
List of Gresham Professors of Business Name Started1. Jules Goddard 19852. Jack Mahoney SJ 19883. Walter Eltis19934. Tom Cannon 19965. Daniel Hodson 19996. Avinash Persaud20027. Michael Mainelli20058. Kenneth Costa20099. Douglas McWilliams201210. Jagjit Chadha OBE201411. Alex Edmans201812.Raghavendra Rau202213.Daniel Susskind2025
References
External links Gresham College website Texts and video of recent lectures Gresham College old website, Internet Archive List of professors
Further reading (reissued by Johnson Reprint Corporation, New York, 1967)