Robert Fallon

Adjunct Professor

Finance and Economics

BA, Ohio University, 1969; MBA, Harvard Business School, 1975.

Joined CBS in 2008

Robert Fallon

Office
310 Uris

Phone
212-854-7903

E-mail
rf2327@columbia.edu

Fax
212-854-7900

Teaching and research interest

Professor Fallon returned to Columbia in 2008 after completing a successful turnaround of Korea Exchange Bank, a publicly listed $80 billion institution that is Korea’s leading international bank. After taking over as President and CEO, he successfully led a wholesale reorganization and restructuring that restored the bank’s capital strength and profitability, achieving record net income in 2004. He was also the first foreigner to chair a public company in Korea. Previously Fallon was head of global financial services with JP Morgan Chase and prior to that, resident for many years in Tokyo as Asia-Pacific division head where he was responsible for Chase’s activities in thirteen different countries across Asia. Professor Fallon’s research interests include international banking and Asian financial and economic affairs. He has lived in Asia for thirty-one years and enjoys myriad contacts across a wide spectrum of government, corporate and financial institutions in the region. He travels widely and speaks often on regional economic and business affairs. He started his banking career with Citibank in Hong Kong in 1975 and later worked in investment banking and management positions in Tokyo. Subsequently he assumed Asia regional responsibility with Drexel Burnham Lambert and Bankers Trust Company before joining Chase in 1992. Mr. Fallon holds a BA from Ohio University and an MBA from Harvard Business School. Following his undergraduate studies, he served in the U.S. Peace Corps, including three years as a volunteer mathematics teacher at Chanel College in Western Samoa. Mr. Fallon is currently a Director of the Japan Society, Director of the Korea Society, Trustee of the Ohio University Foundation, Director of the Council on International Educational Exchange and a Professional Fellow of the Center on Japanese Economy and Business of Columbia University. He serves on the Advisory Board of the Korea Economic Institute and the Asian Advisory Boards of Deutsche Bank AG and Euromoney PLC and is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations.

Courses taught