Faculty & Research
Bjorn Hanson
Current position
Bjorn is Divisional Dean, Clinical Professor, and HVS Chair for the Preston Robert Tisch Center for Hospitality, Tourism, and Sports Management, teaching undergraduate and graduate finance, general business and other hospitality industry courses.
Professional experience
Bjorn retired from PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP in June 2008 as the founder of PwC’s Hospitality and Leisure businesses. Just a few of his positions with PricewaterhouseCoopers/Coopers & Lybrand included:
- Global Industry Chairman – Hospitality & Leisure
- Global Industry Chairman – Real Estate
- US Leadership Committee
- Director of Appraisal Services
- Global Financial Advisory Services Management Committee
Professional designations and recognitions
- CFE (Certified Fraud Examiner)
- CRE (Certified Real Estate Counselor)
Selected honors
- One of the 33 Most Influential People in the Travel Industry, Travel Weekly
- One of the 25 Most Influential People in the Meetings Industry, Meeting News
- One of the Lodging Industry’s 75 Leaders, AH&LA Profiles in Leadership
- Cornell’s Hotelie of the Year
- One of the Lodging Industry’s Innovators, Lodging/AH&LA
- Best Paper Award 2008, Cornell Hospitality Quarterly
Education
- BS – Cornell University School of Hotel Administration
- MBA – Fordham University
- Ph.D. – New York University
Speeches and publications
Bjorn continues to be one of the most cited hospitality industry executives with multiple citations in each of the following: Forbes, Fortune, Business Week, Time, Newsweek, The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, Financial Times, US News & World Report, Barron’s, Cornell Hotel and Restaurant Administration Quarterly/Cornell Hospitality Quarterly, and many others. He has authored chapters in multiple textbooks, appeared on the Today Show, Wall Street Journal Business Report, WCBS, CNBC, Fox Business, CNN, Bloomberg, Nightly Business Report, National Public Radio’s Marketplace and other television and radio broadcasts.