William N. Goetzmann is the Edwin J. Beinecke Professor of Finance and Management Studies and Faculty Director of the International Center for Finance at the Yale School of Management. Goetzmann is widely-recognized for his research in the field of investments and is currently the Executive Editor of the Financial Analysts Journal, the leading journal for the practice of investment management. He is the faculty director of the International Center for Finance at the Yale School of Management and faculty director of its Executive MBA program in Asset Management. His professional experience includes eight years on the board of the investment company Commonfund, current service on the board of the Jeffrey Company, and past consultation with the Norwegian Pension Fund Global. He has written and co-authored a number of books, including Modern Portfolio Theory and Investment Analysis (Wiley, 2014) and Money Changes Everything: How Finance Made Civilization Possible (Princeton, 2016).