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 a member of the Financial Conduct Authority Sustainable Finance Advisory Committee.  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.

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