The Elfenworks Center for the Study of Fiduciary Capitalism
leADERSHIP
The Center is directed by faculty member James P. Hawley
Professor James P. Hawley,
Director
jhawley@stmarys-ca.edu
Dr. Jim Hawley is the Transamerica Professor in Business Policy and Strategy in the Graduate Business Programs, School of Economics and Business Administration, at Saint Mary’s College.
He received his BA from the University of Wisconsin, MA from the University of California, Berkeley, and Ph.D. from McGill University in Montreal, Canada.
He is the author of two books, the first on international banks and the global monetary system, and the most recent (with Professor Andrew T. Williams) on U.S. pension funds and the ownership of U.S. corporations, titled, "The Rise of Fiduciary Capitalism: How Institutional Investors can make Corporations more Democratic," published by the University of Pennsylvania Press in 2000.
Additionally, he is the author (or co-author) of over 15 articles on a variety of topics, including corporate governance, the international monetary and financial system and environmental issues, and numerous papers and reports.
He has been at Saint Mary’s for almost 15 years. Prior to that he worked at Wells Fargo Bank as a country risk analyst, and previously taught at the University of California, Davis. He has also been an invited guest professor at the Universite de Paris, and at the Universite de Montpillier, in France. He was also a guest scholar at the Judge Institute at the University of Cambridge, U.K. He has lectured in a number of countries in Europe.
