Sarah Williamson

Sarah Keohane Williamson is the Chief Executive Officer of FCLTGlobal, a 501c3 not-for-profit organization whose mission is to focus capital on the long term to support a sustainable and prosperous economy. FCLTGlobal works in partnership with approximately 75 member institutions, who are highly respected global organizations across the investment value chain: asset owners, asset managers, and companies. Together we develop research and practical tools to drive long-term value creation for companies, savers, and communities. Williamson leads FCLTGlobal’s efforts at conducting innovative, practical research, engaging with our membership, sharing our perspectives and research with constituents globally, and building our team. 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 a Senior Engagement Manager at McKinsey & Company, a special assistant at the US Department of State, and a mergers & acquisitions investment banker for Goldman, Sachs & Co. In her FCLTGlobal capacity, Williamson is a member of the Advisory Board for the Millstein Center for Global Markets and Corporate Ownership at Columbia and a member of the Hong Kong Institute for Monetary and Financial Research Council of Advisers. Williamson serves as a Director of Evercore (NYSE:EVR) and as Chair of the board of the Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research. She is also a member of the Boston Children’s Hospital investment committee, the MITIMCo board, and the Women’s Foundation of Boston board. 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.