Tom Gosling

Visiting Senior Fellow in Practice

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Email: t.gosling1@lse.ac.uk

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tom-gosling/

Website: https://tom-gosling.com

Dr Tom Gosling is a Senior Visiting Fellow in the Law School at LSE. He is also an Executive Fellow at the European Corporate Governance Institute, and Executive Fellow in the Department of Finance at London Business School, a member of the Financial Conduct Authority ESG Advisory Committee and a member of the Advisory Panel and the Stakeholder Insights Group at the Financial Reporting Council.  His interests include: responsible investing, executive pay, the purpose of the corporation, and the debate on shareholder versus stakeholder capitalism.

Tom has 20+ years of experience as a board adviser. He was a senior Partner at PwC where he established and led the firm’s executive pay practice, advising multinational companies on corporate governance and executive pay.

Prior to joining PwC, Tom was a Research Fellow in the Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics at Cambridge University. He has a PhD in mathematics and is a Fellow of the Institute and Faculty of Actuaries.

Academic Papers

Edmans, A., Gosling, T. J., and Jenter, D., 2024, ‘Sustainable Investing: Evidence from the Field’, working paper

Gosling, T. J., 2024, ‘Living Wages Revisited: The Case of Walgreens Boots Alliance’, Journal of Applied Corporate Finance, online early view, available at https://doi.org/10.1111/jacf.12611

Gosling, T. J., 2024, ‘Universal Owners and Climate Change’, working appear, available at https://ssrn.com/abstract=4713536

Edmans, A., Gosling, T. J., and Jenter, D., 2023, ‘CEO Compensation: Evidence From the Field’, Journal of Financial Economics, 150(3), available at https://doi.org/10.1016/j. jfineco.2023.103718  

Gosling, T. J., 2023, ‘Lessons for ESG Activists: The Case of Sainsbury’s and the Living Wage’, Journal of Applied Corporate Finance, 35(2), 8-15, available at https://doi.org/10.1111/jacf.12550

Gosling, T. J., and MacNeil, 2022, ‘Can Investors Save the Planet? NZAMI and Fiduciary Duty’, Capital Markets Law Journal, 18(2), 172-193, available at https://doi.org/10.1093/cmlj/kmad002

Pepper, A. A., Gosling, T. J., and Gore, J., 2015, ‘Fairness, Envy, Guilt, and Greed – Constraints on the Design of Top-Management Incentives’, Human Relations, 68, 1291-1314 

Other publications

Gosling, T. J., 2024, ‘Divestment and Engagement in the Context of Climate Change’, for Border to Coast Pensions Partnership, available at https://www.bordertocoast.org.uk/publication/divestment-and-engagement-in-the-context-of-climate-change/

Gosling, T. J. 2023 and PwC, ‘Paying for Net Zero: Using Incentives to Create Accountability for Climate Goals’, available at https://www.pwc.co.uk/human-resource-services/pdf/paying-for-net-zero-using-incentives-to-create-accountability-for-climate-goals.pdf

Gosling, T. J. 2022 and PwC, ‘Paying for Good for All: Global Research Into ESG and Reward Beyond the Boardroom’, available at https://www.pwc.com/gx/en/services/paying-for-good-for-all/Paying-for-good-for-all.pdf

Gosling, T. J., 2022, ‘Missing the Target: A Review of Mark Roe’s New Book on U.S. Stock- Market Short-Termism’, Journal of Applied Corporate Finance, 34(2), 60-64, available at https://doi.org/10.1111/jacf.12506  

Gosling, T. J. 2021 and PwC, ‘Paying Well by Paying for Good’, available at https://www.pwc.co.uk/human-resource-services/assets/pdfs/environmental-social-governance-exec-pay-report.pdf

Edmans, A., Gosling, T. J., Coombes, P., and The Investor Forum 2021, ‘What Does Stakeholder Capitalism Mean for Investors’, available at https://www.investorforum.org.uk/annual-event-2022/

PwC and Edmans, A., 2019, ‘Share Repurchases, Executive Pay and Investment’, Department of Business Energy and Industrial Strategy, BEIS Research Paper Number 2019/011, available at https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/share-repurchases-executive-pay-and-investment

PwC, Edmans, A., and Gosling, T. J., 2021, ‘Executive Pay and Investment in the UK’, Department of Business Energy and Industrial Strategy, BEIS Research Paper Number 2021/007, available at https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/executive-pay-and-investment-in-the-uk   

For further articles, blogs, and publications see https://tom-gosling.com/blog and https://tom-gosling.com/publications