Geoffrey Williams

Founder and Director

Williams Business Consultancy

Geoffrey Williams is Founder and Director of Williams Business Consultancy Sdn Bhd and until April 2024 was a Professor and Provost at the Malaysia University of Science and Technology (MUST). He is a Visiting Fellow at Universiti Malaya and a Visiting Research Fellow at Bank Negara Malaysia and until recently was a non-resident Senior Fellow at the Malaysian Institute of Economic Research (MIER). He was also formerly Deputy Vice Chancellor of Universiti Tun Abdul Razak (UNIRAZAK).

An economist by profession, Geoffrey is a graduate of the University of Cambridge and has held academic positions at London Business School, Pembroke College University of Oxford and the University of London. Professor Williams was a Chartered Fellow of the Chartered Management Institute. He was elected Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts in 2004 and Fellow of the Malaysian Institute of Management in 2010. His most recent work has focused on Economic Policy, Pensions Policy, Fiscal Policy, Income and Labour Market issues and Higher Education Management. He also has an interest in Sustainability, Social Responsibility, ESG Finance and Investment and related Policy Analysis.

Professor Williams created the SRI-Kehati Sustainability Index for the Indonesian Stock Exchange and in 2017 he was honoured with the Lifetime Contribution Award for his work on corporate social responsibility (CSR) and sustainability around the world. His work has been published in leading academic journals and has had direct impact in the business world.