Jon Lukomnik

Forbes calls long-time institutional investor Jon Lukomnik one of the pioneers of modern corporate governance. His book, “Moving Beyond Modern Portfolio Theory: Investing That Matters”, (with Professor Jim Hawley) is widely praised as the “seminal” work on the finance theory underpinning system-level investing. Jon is the co-author of three other academic books, and more than 200 academic and practitioner papers. He is the editor of “The Handbook of System-level Investing” (publication date April 2026).

Jon currently serves as Brandmeyer Fellow for Sustainable Investing and Adjunct Professor of International and Public Affairs at Columbia University. He is a Senior Fellow at High Meadows Institute, associate editor of the Journal of Impact & ESG investing, Governance Committee Chair for Van Eck mutual funds, and on the Boards of The Shareholder Commons and the Externality Investment Research Network.  

Jon has been the investment advisor or a trustee for more than $100 billion (including NYC’s pension funds) and has consulted to investors with aggregate assets of more than $2 trillion dollars. He is the recipient of many honors, including a lifetime achievement award from the ICGN.