Full Name
Sarah Williamson
Job Title
CEO
Company
FCLTGlobal
Speaker Bio
Sarah Keohane Williamson is the Chief Executive Officer of FCLTGlobal, a non-profit research organization whose mission is to focus capital on the long term to support a sustainable and prosperous economy.
Under her leadership, FCLTGlobal develops innovative, practical research and builds a global community of CEOs focused on solving long-term challenges across the investment value chain.
Williamson assumed her current role in 2016, after spending over 21 years at Wellington Management, most recently as a Partner and Director of Alternative Investments. Prior to joining Wellington Management, Williamson was at McKinsey & Company, worked at the US Department of State, and a was mergers & acquisitions investment banker for Goldman, Sachs & Co.
Williamson also serves as a Director of Evercore (NYSE:EVR) and EXL Service (NASDAQ: EXLS), chair of the board of the Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research, and a member of the boards of MITIMCo and the Women’s Foundation of Boston. She is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations.
Williamson earned her MBA, with distinction, from Harvard Business School and her BA in Economics, with honors, from Williams College. She holds the Chartered Financial Analyst and the Chartered Alternative Investment Analyst designations. She is a US citizen and is married with three grown children.
Her new book, The CEO’s Guide to the Investment Galaxy: Navigating Markets to Build Great Companies, will be published on 23 September 2025.
Under her leadership, FCLTGlobal develops innovative, practical research and builds a global community of CEOs focused on solving long-term challenges across the investment value chain.
Williamson assumed her current role in 2016, after spending over 21 years at Wellington Management, most recently as a Partner and Director of Alternative Investments. Prior to joining Wellington Management, Williamson was at McKinsey & Company, worked at the US Department of State, and a was mergers & acquisitions investment banker for Goldman, Sachs & Co.
Williamson also serves as a Director of Evercore (NYSE:EVR) and EXL Service (NASDAQ: EXLS), chair of the board of the Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research, and a member of the boards of MITIMCo and the Women’s Foundation of Boston. She is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations.
Williamson earned her MBA, with distinction, from Harvard Business School and her BA in Economics, with honors, from Williams College. She holds the Chartered Financial Analyst and the Chartered Alternative Investment Analyst designations. She is a US citizen and is married with three grown children.
Her new book, The CEO’s Guide to the Investment Galaxy: Navigating Markets to Build Great Companies, will be published on 23 September 2025.
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