Gishan Romesh Dissanaike

Background

Dissanaike, Gishan Romesh was born on February 17, 1963 in Colombo, Sri Lanka. Son of George Alexander Dissanaike and Vijayalakshmi Indranee Senanayake Atapattu.

Education

Bachelor Economics, University Peradeniya, Sri Lanka, 1986. Master of Philosophy in Economics, Cambridge University, 1989. Doctor of Philosophy in Finance Economics, Cambridge University, 1994.

Career

Executive trainee Banque Indosuez, Colombo, Sri Lanka, 1987—1988. Director studies management studies Queens' College, Cambridge, 1995—1997, Trinity College, Cambridge, England, since 1997. Acting director studies management studies St. John's College, 2006—2007, Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, 2007—2008.

Lecturer economics University Durham, England, 1993—1994. Lecturer finance economics Judge Business School, Cambridge University, 1994—1999, senior lecturer finance, 1999—2004, reader finance, 2004—2010, head finance & accounting subject group, 2010. Visiting associate professor Cornell University, New York, 2004.

Robert Monks professor corporation governance Cambridge University, since 2010, elected member faculty board business and management, since 2005, member, university finance committee, 2006—2010. Executive committee member Emerging Markets Financial and Economics Conference, Istanbul, Turkey, 2007. Co-chair European Finance Management Association Symposium on Corporation Governance, England, 2009.

Achievements

• Gishan Romesh Dissanaike has been listed as a noteworthy financial economics professor by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Non executive director International Center Ethnic Studies, 2008—2009. Fellow: Cambridge Philosophical Society. Member: Royal Asiatic Society, Royal Economic Society, European Finance Association, American Finance Association.

Interests

• Travel, genealogy.

Connections

Married Padmika Dissanaike, July 20, 1988. Children: Gyan, Avindra.

Father:

George Alexander Dissanaike

Mother:

Vijayalakshmi Indranee Senanayake Atapattu

Spouse:

Padmika Dissanaike

child:

Avindra Dissanaike

child:

Gyan Dissanaike