Robert R. Johnson
Robert R. Johnson, Ph.D., CFA
Robert R. Johnson, Ph.D., CFA, is the Managing Director of CFA Institute responsible for the Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) and Certificate in Global Investment Performance Standards (CGIPS®) Programs Division. As Managing Director, he is one of nine members of the CFA Institute Management Committee (including the CEO) responsible for determining policy and managing the organization. He received his BSBA in finance (cum laude) from the University of Nebraska-Omaha, MBA (concentration in finance) from Creighton University, and PhD in finance/investments from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. He earned his CFA charter from the Institute of Chartered Financial Analysts in 1991.
In his nine years at CFA Institute (a non-profit association of investment professionals), the CFA Program has experienced exponential growth reaching an excess of 120,000 candidates enrolled annually worldwide. The CFA Program including curriculum sales accounts for over 75% of CFA Institute’s approximately $100 million annual revenue cycle.
In his capacity as a member of the CFA Institute Management Committee and the Managing Director for the majority of the business activity of CFA Institute, Dr. Johnson has been instrumental in providing valuable input to the overall management of the organization and in helping guide CFA Institute through the appropriate decision-making to address the challenges of growth, globalization, and the maintenance of the integrity and excellence of the CFA Program. Dr. Johnson has extensive media experience both in the United States and abroad. He has been quoted in the Wall Street Journal, Financial Times, Barron’s, Forbes, Toronto Globe and Mail, South China Morning Post, Singapore Strait Times, LeTemps, and Nikkin Weekly Newspaper, among others. He has appeared numerous times on ABC World News, Bloomberg TV, and CNN. He has made presentations to over 50 CFA Institute-affiliated societies in over 25 countries on a wide variety of topics including monetary policy and the CFA Program. He has made numerous research presentations to professional finance groups including the Financial Management Association, European Financial Management Association, Southern Finance Association, and the Midwest Finance Association, among others. He has also made presentations to various regulatory bodies including the Securities and Exchange Commission, the New York Stock Exchange, and the Financial Services Authority.
He previously taught at Creighton University from 1984-1996 where he was a Professor of Finance. In 1994, Dr. Johnson earned the university-wide Robert F. Kennedy Award for Teaching Excellence. He is the author of a CFA Institute Research Foundation Monograph and has written over 50 articles on a wide variety of investment topics in both practitioner and academic journals. His articles have appeared in the Journal of Finance, Journal of Financial Economics, Journal of Portfolio Management, Financial Analysts Journal, and Journal of Investing, among others. He is currently a member of the Advisory Board of The Journal of Portfolio Management and The Journal of Wealth Management. He is also a member of the Education Advisory Group of the International Accounting Standards Committee Foundation and the Creighton University College of Business Advisory Council. He is a Board member of the Midwest Finance Association, and a former Board member of the Eastern Finance Association. He has served as a manuscript reviewer for numerous financial journals including The Journal of Portfolio Management, Financial Management, The Journal of Financial Research, and The Journal of Alternative Investments.