Thomas (Tom) Robinson is president of Robinson Global Investment Management LLC a registered investment advisory firm. He is also a Professor and Department Chair – Financial Analysis and Investment Management at the College for Financial Planning and board member & audit committee chair for the Chartered Alternative Investment Association. He has over 35 years of experience in financial services and financial services education having served as a CPA and CFP practitioner, CEO of AACSB International, Managing Director of Education for CFA Institute and a tenured accounting faculty member and director of financial planning programs at the University of Miami. He has lived and worked in both the United States and Asia.
Tom is a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA), a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) (Retired – Ohio), a Certified Financial Planner® Practitioner, and a Chartered Alternative Investment Analyst (CAIA). He holds a bachelor’s degree in economics from the University of Pennsylvania, and a master’s and doctorate from the Weatherhead School of Management at Case Western Reserve University.
From 2015 to 2020 he served as President and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of AACSB International, the primary global accreditor and membership organization of business schools. As president and CEO, he worked alongside the organization’s board and global network of staff, members, and volunteers to foster engagement, accelerate innovation, and amplify impact in business and financial education.
Prior to joining AACSB, Robinson spent 7 years at CFA Institute, most recently as Managing Director of the Americas and global Managing Director of Education, providing vision and leadership for a 100+ member global team—which produced and delivered educational content and programs for candidates, members, other investment professionals, and universities. In 2019 Tom received the Outstanding Contribution to CFA Institute Education Programs Award, in honor of C. Stewart Sheppard. This award was established to honor a CFA charterholder in recognition of their outstanding contributions, through dedicated effort and inspiring leadership, in fostering the education of professional investors through advancement of the Body of Knowledge and development of programs, publications, or other learning tools to encourage continuing education in our profession.
Prior to joining CFA Institute, Robinson spent 14 years at the University of Miami serving as a tenured accounting faculty member and in several administrative roles including department chair, director of the Master of Professional Accounting Program and director of Personal Financial Planning programs. He taught graduate courses in financial statement analysis, personal financial planning, and valuation. Throughout his academic career, Robinson has won several teaching awards, has published regularly in academic and professional journals, and has authored or co-authored many books on investment topics. Prior to joining the University of Miami, Robinson practiced public accounting and financial planning for almost a decade, primarily with Deloitte and Pritchett Dlusky & Saxe in Columbus, Ohio. Concurrently, during his professional and academic careers, he also served as a consultant and investment advisor to individuals, law firms, accounting firms, professional associations, and governmental agencies in the areas of wealth management, financial statement analysis, and valuation.