Gresham Professor of Commerce

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	Started
class= "wikitable"
1.	Jules Goddard{{Cite web \|title=Dr Jules Goddard {{!}} Gresham College \|url=https://www.gresham.ac.uk/speakers/dr-jules-goddard \|access-date=2024-05-22 \|website=www.gresham.ac.uk \|language=en}}	1985
2.	Jack Mahoney SJ{{Cite web \|title=The Rev Emeritus Professor Jack Mahoney {{!}} Gresham College \|url=https://www.gresham.ac.uk/speakers/rev-emeritus-professor-jack-mahoney \|access-date=2024-05-22 \|website=www.gresham.ac.uk \|language=en}}	1988
3.	Walter Eltis{{Cite web \|title=Professor Walter Eltis {{!}} Gresham College \|url=https://www.gresham.ac.uk/speakers/professor-walter-eltis \|access-date=2024-05-22 \|website=www.gresham.ac.uk \|language=en}}	1 September 1993
4.	Tom Cannon{{Cite web \|title=Professor Tom Cannon {{!}} Gresham College \|url=https://www.gresham.ac.uk/speakers/professor-tom-cannon \|access-date=2024-05-22 \|website=www.gresham.ac.uk \|language=en}}	1 September 1996
5.	Daniel Hodson{{Cite web \|title=Professor Daniel Hodson {{!}} Gresham College \|url=https://www.gresham.ac.uk/speakers/daniel-hodson \|access-date=2024-05-22 \|website=www.gresham.ac.uk \|language=en}}	1 September 1999
6.	Avinash Persaud{{Cite web \|title=Professor Avinash Persaud {{!}} Gresham College \|url=https://www.gresham.ac.uk/speakers/professor-avinash-persaud \|access-date=2024-05-22 \|website=www.gresham.ac.uk \|language=en}}	1 September 2002
7.	Michael Mainelli{{Cite web \|title=Lord Mayor Professor Michael Mainelli {{!}} Gresham College \|url=https://www.gresham.ac.uk/speakers/alderman-professor-michael-mainelli \|access-date=2024-05-22 \|website=www.gresham.ac.uk \|language=en}}	1 September 2005
8.	Kenneth Costa{{Cite web \|title=Professor Kenneth Costa {{!}} Gresham College \|url=https://www.gresham.ac.uk/speakers/professor-kenneth-costa \|access-date=2024-05-22 \|website=www.gresham.ac.uk \|language=en}}	1 September 2009
9.	Douglas McWilliams{{Cite web \|title=Professor Douglas McWilliams {{!}} Gresham College \|url=https://www.gresham.ac.uk/speakers/professor-douglas-mcwilliams \|access-date=2024-05-22 \|website=www.gresham.ac.uk \|language=en}}	1 September 2012
10.	Jagjit Chadha OBE{{Cite web \|title=Professor Jagjit Chadha {{!}} Gresham College \|url=https://www.gresham.ac.uk/speakers/professor-jagjit-chadha \|access-date=2024-05-22 \|website=www.gresham.ac.uk \|language=en}}	2014
11.	Alex Edmans{{cite web \|title=Professor of Business - Professor Alex Edmans \|url=https://www.gresham.ac.uk/professorships/commerce-professorship/ \|access-date=24 October 2018 \|website=Gresham College}}	2018
12. \|Raghavendra Rau{{Cite web \|title=Professor Raghavendra Rau {{!}} Gresham College \|url=https://www.gresham.ac.uk/speakers/professor-raghavendra-rau \|access-date=2024-05-22 \|website=www.gresham.ac.uk \|language=en}} \|2022

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External links

[http://www.gresham.ac.uk Gresham College website] Texts and video of recent lectures
[https://web.archive.org/web/20041019231900/http://www.gresham.ac.uk/special/professors.htm Gresham College old website, Internet Archive] List of professors

Gresham Professor of Commerce

List of Gresham Professors of Business

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