Thillai Rajan Annamalai is a Fulbright Nehru Senior Research Fellow in global business studies. He is working in the area of infrastructure financing, with specific reference to the role of Private Equity in infrastructure creation with Professor Tony Gomez-Ibanez. Thillai Rajan is currently a faculty member at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Madras. Before joining academia, he was a venture fund manager at IL&FS Investment Managers Limited and subsequently an operations manager at Infosys Technologies. Mr. Rajan’s areas of interest include corporate and project finance, private equity, and real options. His research articles have appeared in Energy Policy and Utilities Policy. He also frequently writes topical articles in the business dailies. More recently, he authored a comprehensive a review report on the Indian Venture Capital Industry. He holds an engineering and science degree from the Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani, India and a doctorate in management from the Indian Institute of Management Bangalore. email:thillai_rajan_annamalai@hks.harvard.edu {back to top}____________________________________________________________________________
Mark Fagan Mark Fagan's work focuses on the role of regulation in competitive markets. He is currently examining the failure of regulation in the Financial Crisis and is co-authoring a text book on securitization. He has published working papers and articles examining the financing small and medium size enterprises in China, the impact of electricity restructuring on electricity prices in the United States, and the results of transportation deregulation across the globe. Mr. Fagan is founding partner of the management and consulting firm, Norbridge, Inc, and was Vice President at Mercer Management Consulting. He holds a Masters degree in city and regional planning from Harvard University. email:mark_fagan@hks.harvard.edu {back to top} ______________________________________________________________________________
John Foote John Foote is a returning Senior Fellow doing work in the area of transportation policy, particularly privatization where he is collaborating with Tony Gomez-Ibanez. Prior to coming to the Kennedy School , John was a co-founder and executive vice-president of TransCore, a transportation engineering company, specializing in "intelligent transportation systems and services". Previously he was a principal in Lewis, Foote and Company, a private investment partnership, and a managing director of Chase Manhattan, Asia Ltd, in Hong Kong . He has a bachelors of science in engineering from Cornell University and a master of public administration from The Wharton School. email:john_foote@hks.harvard.edu {back to top} ______________________________________________________________________________
Anne Habiby, Senior Fellow; and co-founder of AllWorld Network.
Anne Habiby is the co-Founder and Managing Partner of AllWorld Network. Founded in 2007, AllWorld’s mission is to expand entrepreneurial innovation in the emerging world and to create the largest entrepreneurship and information network. AllWorld Network is currently developing the Saudi Fast Growth 100 and the Arabia 500, and the South Africa Fast Growth 100 and the Africa 500.
Anne Habiby is one of the founders of the Initiative for a Competitive Inner City (ICIC), a non-profit launched in 1995 by Harvard Business School professor Michael Porter to expand the job and business base of distressed urban areas. From 1996 to mid 2005, Anne led the organization as its Co-Executive Director, and collaborating closely with Michael Porter, pioneered strategies to advance the economic potential of inner cities. Professor Porter is AllWorld’s Chairman of the Advisory Board. Anne is a visiting scholar at the Illinois Institute of Technology where her course “Strategic Competitiveness in the Next Economy” is a required course of MBA students. An advisor to a number of government and corporate leaders, Anne is regularly quoted by the media. Prior to her work at ICIC, Anne was an investment banker in the Public Finance Department of Morgan Stanley & Co. specializing in finance for hospitals and universities. She holds degrees in economics from Barnard College of Columbia University, and the University of Cambridge. email: anne_habiby@hks.harvard.edu {back to top} ____________________________________________________________________________
Thomas J. Healeyis a Partner at Healey Development LLC. He rejoins the center as a senior fellow to complete a book devoted to the proceedings of a recent conference on the final crisis. He was formerly adjunct lecturer at the Kennedy School, where he taught the course in Financial Institutions and Markets. Mr. Healey joined Goldman, Sachs & Co. in 1985 to create the Real Estate Capital Markets Group, and founded the Pension Services Group in 1990. He became a Partner in 1988, a Managing Director in 1996, and remains a Senior Director of Goldman Sachs. Prior to joining Goldman Sachs, Mr. Healey served as Assistant Secretary of the U.S. Treasury for Domestic Finance under President Ronald Reagan. Before joining the U.S. Treasury, he spent eight years at Dean Witter Reynolds, Inc., where he was head of the Corporate Finance Department. Mr. Healey has served on the U.S. Department of Labor's ERISA Advisory Council, and was a Presidentially-appointed Director of the Securities Industry Protection Corporation. He is Chairman of the Rockefeller Foundation Investment Committee and is actively involved with other charitable institutions. Mr. Healey graduated from Georgetown University in 1964 and Harvard Business School in 1966. email: thomas_healey@hks.harvard.edu {back to top} ____________________________________________________________________________
Yoshikazu Kawanishi is the Kanzai Kenzi Doyukai Fellow and staff member in the Gas Pipeline & Facilities Engineering Dept. of Osaka Gas Co.,Ltd in Japan. He is engaged in designing new gas pipelines and determining the most cost effective pipeline routes. His research explores the most efficient energy investment strategies consistent with reducing carbon dioxide emissions. Mr. Kawanishi has a master’s degree in Mechanical Engineering from Osaka University, Japan. email:Yoshikazu_Kawanishi@hks.harvard.edu {back to top} _____________________________________________________________________________________________________
Robert E. Kiernan III is a Senior Fellow at the Center and the Chief Executive Officer of Advanced Portfolio Management LLC (APM), an investment management company based in New York City. He is working on a research project to produce a coherent, operable definition of socially responsible investing (SRI) Before forming APM, Mr. Kiernan spent eighteen years in the capital markets, based in New York and London with Salomon Brothers and Lehman Brothers, during which he was responsible for building, managing, and leading several global fixed income and investment banking businesses. In the public sector, he held foreign policy positions in the first Reagan administration at USIA, the National Security Council, and the Department of State, including serving as a member of the US delegation to the 40th Session of the United Nations Human Rights Commission. He received an AB and AM from Boston College, an MBA from the University of Chicago, and studied at the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy. email:robert_kiernan@hks.harvard.edu {back to top} ______________________________________________________________________________________________________
Mark Kramer Mark Kramer is a Senior Fellow working on the Corporate Social Responsibility Initiative with John Ruggie and Jane Nelson. Kramer is currently Managing Director and Founder of the Foundation Strategy Group, LLC in Boston, as well as Chairman and Founder of the Center for Effective Philanthropy, Inc. in Cambridge. He has numerous publications, including several with the Harvard Business Review and Chronicle of Philanthropy. Kramer is a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania Law School and holds a Masters from the Wharton School of Finance.
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Hal Lux is working on a book about financial markets and regulation, with a focus on the U.S. experience in the 1930s. He was previously a managing director with Caremi Partners and Paloma Partners Management Company, investment firms that focus on hedge fund strategies, Mr. Lux previously spent almost fifteen years as a financial journalist. He was Senior Editor at Institutional Investor magazine where he covered areas including Wall Street, asset management, corporate finance, and regulation. He received an A.B. in Government from Harvard College and an MBA in Finance from the University of Chicago. email:hal_lux@hks.harvard.edu {back to top} _____________________________________________________________________________________________________
Michael L. Michael is a Senior Fellow who will focus on corporate governance and the relationship between regulation and ethical decision-making in organizations. In so doing, Mr. Michael will build on his research and the journal article he wrote and working papers he co-authored during his previous time as a Senior Fellow (2003-2006). From 2006-2009, Mr. Michael was Senior Vice President and Chief Compliance Officer at Natixis Global Associates International, responsible for building and administering a global compliance program to support investment management and distribution activities in Europe, the Middle East and Asia. Earlier, Mr. Michael was Senior Vice President and Chief Compliance Officer and Ethics Officer at Fidelity Investments. In addition to his twenty-five years as a lawyer and executive at financial services firms, Michael has been an industry leader and is a consultant on regulatory matters involving the financial services sector. email:michael_michael@hks.harvard.edu {back to top} ______________________________________________________________________________________________________
Hyo-Sung Park is a senior fellow with the center. As a career diplomat, he has worked for the Korean Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade since 1981. His expertise centers around international trade, and his career includes stints as Director-General for FTA negotiations, Advisor to the Minister for Trade, Minister-Counsellor at the Permanent Mission to the WTO in Geneva, Director for North American Trade Division, Director for European Trade Division, and Chief of the Economic Section at the Korean Embassy in Washington D.C. Prior to his senior fellowship at Harvard, he has engaged in numerous bilateral and multilateral trade talks, including the two-year-long FTA negotiations between Korea and the EU and trade negotiations at the WTO and the UNCTAD. He has also led the preparatory talks for Korea’s possible FTAs with China, New Zealand and Australia. He will continue his diplomatic career following his senior fellowship. He holds an MA in International Relations and an MGA in Government Administration from the University of Pennsylvania. email:hyo-sung_park@hks.harvard.edu {back to top} ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Deirdre Phillips’research focuses on financial institutions, the degree to which they engage in civic and community endeavors, and the impact of regulation on their level of interest and involvement. A seasoned government and community relations executive, Deirdre was Managing Director, Government Relations, at Putnam Investments, prior to coming to Harvard. Before that, she served in similar capacities at FleetBoston Financial and BankBoston for nearly 20 years. She is currently chief strategy officer for The Autism Consortium, a Boston-based multi-institutional collaboration that is funding research and innovation within the context of the developing life sciences arena. Deirdre has a bachelor of arts in government from Wheaton College. email:deirdre_phillips@hks.harvard.edu {back to top} ____________________________________________________________________________
Annmarie Sasdiis a Senior Fellow doing research focused on the economic impact of immigration and the degree to which gender affects immigrant wages and productivity. As a refugee of the Hungarian revolution in 1956, Ms. Sasdi has had a longstanding interest in assisting those who come to the US seeking a better life. She is currently Vice Chairperson of the Board of Directors of the International Institute of Boston, an 85 year old charity that provides refugee and immigrant assistance. Ms. Sasdi was a hedge fund executive prior to coming to Harvard. Before that, she was an Executive Director of Goldman Sachs International in London. She has nearly 30 years experience in financial services, starting her career on Wall Street with Salomon Brothers Inc where she ran a quantitative equity research group. Ms. Sasdi received her Master’s Degree in City and Regional Planning from the Kennedy School and her undergraduate degree in Architecture and Urban Planning from Princeton University. email:annmarie_sasdi@hks.harvard.edu {back to top} ______________________________________________________________________________________________________
Joelle Schmitz’sarea of expertise is the impact of government regulation on the public and private sectors; she has published and lectured on this subject in Asia, Europe, and across North America. Schmitz serves in a regulatory position at CSX, a Fortune 200 railroad with 21,000 route-miles in the United States and Canada. Schmitz holds a Masters of Public Policy from Harvard University and was educated, on fellowship, at Johns Hopkins University SAIS, the Harvard Business and Law Schools, and McGill University. Schmitz has served as a Fulbright Scholar, a policy advisor to the Canadian Prime Minister’s office, and a board member of nonprofit organizations. In her "down" time, Schmitz extreme skis to maintain her competitive ranking as a Giant Slalom ski racer. email:joelle_schmitz@hks.harvard.edu {back to top} __________________________________________________________________________
John Shermanis a Senior Fellow at the Kennedy School of Government. John is Vice Chair of the Corporate Responsibility Committee of the International Bar Association and a member of the UN Global Compact
Human Rights Working Group. He recently retired after thirty years as deputy general counsel for National Grid, one of the world’s largest utilities. John was the company’s top lawyer for litigation, environmental law, and ethics in the US, and for corporate responsibility and human rights globally. He has written and spoken
extensively on the emerging convergence of corporate law, business ethics, and human rights. John’s research at the Kennedy School will focus on the internalization of hard law and soft law into corporate values that drive a company’s human rights conduct; it will build upon the work he did on corporate human rights accountability as National Grid's representative to the Business Leaders Initiative on Human Rights. John is a graduate of Dartmouth College and Harvard Law School, and lives in Brookline, Massachusetts. email:john_sherman@hks.harvard.edu {back to top} ___________________________________________________________________________
Alan M. Trager
Alan M. Trager is a Senior Fellow, Mossavar-Rahmani Center for Business and Government, and Chair, Public-Private Partnerships Study Group. He was previously an Adjunct Lecturer in Public Policy whose research and teaching focused on the role of public-private partnerships in addressing complex public policy problems. Prior to joining the faculty, he served as Senior Advisor to the Dean for Executive Education. His involvement in partnership issues is extensive and is highlighted by his role in New York State as a Commissioner of the New York State Commission on State Asset Maximization. He recently served as Chairman of the Board of the Riverside Park Fund in New York City. His private sector experience includes founding and chairing AMT Capital Management, a private investment firm, and creating and managing ventures for Morgan Stanley, where he was a managing director. Prior to joining Morgan Stanley, he was manager of planning for Pfizer Pharmaceuticals. Approximately fifty percent of professional experience and academic interests have involved non-US locations and issues. His research includes designing, sponsoring and writing case studies on public-private partnerships in a variety of countries in affiliation with the Center for Business and Government. Trager is a graduate (MPA 1972) of the Kennedy School. Early in his career, he was a VISTA Volunteer in Texas and worked for mayors in New York City, New Haven, and Boston. email :alan_trager@hks.harvard.edu {back to top}
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Terence Trennepohl is the Director of the Environmental Law Unit of Martorelli and Gouveia Law Firm, established in Brazil since 1983. He is Professor of Environmental Law at several institutions, mainly on Master of Law Programs. He holds a Master of Law degree (Environmental Law), and a Ph.D degree (Environmental Law and Market Regulation), both from the Federal University of Pernambuco in Brazil. Mr. Trennepohl is author of several articles on Sustainable Development, and of the following books: Corporate Environmental Law (Saraiva, 2009), Tax Incentives in the Environmental Law (Saraiva, 2008), Questions and answers on Environmental Law (JusPodivm, 2008), Environmental Law (4th edition, JusPodivm, 2008), Environmental Permits (2nd edition, Impetus, 2007), Legal-Environmental Panorama in Alagoas (EDUFAL, 1999). email:terence_trennepohl@hks.harvard.edu {back to top} _____________________________________________________________________________________________________
Amy Wilkinson is a Senior Fellow writing a book on new paradigms in leadership. Her research focuses on entrepreneurial leaders across sectors. Previously Ms. Wilkinson served as a senior policy advisor in the Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR) and as a White House Fellow. An experienced international business and economics executive, Ms. Wilkinson joined the White House USTR from McKinsey & Company, where she advised corporate clients on strategy and its implementation. Before that, she worked as an investment banker at JP Morgan and was the founder and CEO of Alegre, a Mexican art-export company. Ms. Wilkinson began her career as the chief of protocol for the United States Embassy in Mexico. She is an active member of the Council on Foreign Relations and holds a BA in political science and English, an MA in sociology, and an MBA from Stanford University. email:amy_wilkinson@hks.harvard.edu {back to top}
Simon Zadek Simon Zadek, Senior Fellow; and Founder, AccountAbility
Dr Simon Zadek is a Senior Fellow at the Centre for Government and Business of Harvard University’s Kennedy School. He founded, and was until recently Chief Executive of AccountAbility, where he established the organisation’s global leadership in sustainability standards, collaborative governance and responsible competitiveness, extending its impact from bases in Beijing, Sao Paulo, London and Washington, and through activities in South Africa and across the Middle East.
Simon sits on the International Advisory Board of the Brazilian business network, Instituto Ethos, the Advisory Board of the sustainability fund manager, Generation Investment Management, and the Boards of the International Centre for Trade and Sustainable Development and the Employers’ Forum on Disability. In 2003 he was named a World Economic Forum ‘Global Leader for Tomorrow’.
Simon’s work with businesses, governments and international organisations over the last decade has contributed to establishing responsible business on the global map as a core business strategy and public policy issue and practice.
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