Gilles HILARY

Chaired Professor

Georgetown University 

gilles.hilary@georgetown.edu

Biography

Gilles Hilary joined Georgetown University as the Houston Term Professor in 2016.  Prior to joining Georgetown University, he was the the Mubadala Chaired Professor of Corporate Governance and Strategy at INSEAD.  He has also taught in different capacities  at institutions such as Northwestern University, the University of Chicago, HEC Paris, HKUST and Tsinghua University.  He regularly teaches courses on corporate governance, risk management, financial analysis, and decision making processes.  He is a founding member of Cercle-K2, a French think-tank on risk management.  He is a former Research Fellow (Chercheur Associé) at the French Military Police Academy (CREOGN) and a current Senior Fellow at the Asian Bureau of Finance and Economic Research (ABFER). His research has been profiled in publications such as the Financial Times, Le Monde, Handelsblatt, Bloomberg Businessweek, Yomiuri Shimbun / Japan News, The Hindu, The Wall Street Journal, among many others.  His research has been published in leading academic journals.  He has received multiple teaching and research awards such as the Deans’ Commendation for Excellence in MBA Teaching (INSEAD), the Franklin Prize for Teaching Excellence (HKUST), and the Prix Syntec (French Consulting Association award for best academic research).  He holds a PhD from the University of Chicago and a French professional accounting degree (DESCF).