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George Serafeim

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George Serafeim is the Charles M. Williams Professor of Business Administration and the Faculty Chair of the Impact-Weighted Accounts Project at Harvard Business School. He has taught courses in the MBA, executive education, and doctoral programs, and has presented his research in over 60 countries around the world. He ranks among the top 10 most popular authors out of over 12,000 business authors on the Social Science Research Network. He is the author of "Purpose and Profit: How Business Can Lift Up the World." Professor Serafeim’s research focuses on measuring, driving and communicating corporate performance and social impact. His work is widely cited and has been published in the most prestigious academic and practitioner journals, such as Management Science, The Accounting Review, Strategic Management Journal, Journal of Accounting and Economics, Journal of Finance, Organization Science, Journal of Accounting Research, and Harvard Business Review. His research is regularly cited in the media, including The New York Times, Bloomberg, Financial Times, The Wall Street Journal, Economist, BBC, Le Monde, Washington Post, and NPR. He has received multiple awards and recognitions, including the Pericles Leadership Award in recognition of services to the Hellenic Republic and the Kim B. Clark Fellowship on Responsible Leadership at Oxford University, the Dr. Richard A. Crowell Memorial Prize, and the Graham and Dodd Scroll Award, for his research on corporate purpose, sustainability and the integration of environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues in business strategy and investing. The elective course “Reimagining Capitalism: Business and Big Problems” that he taught in the MBA curriculum received the Ideas Worth Teaching Award from the Aspen Institute and the Grand Page Prize. He has been recognized by Barron's as “one of the most influential people in ESG investing.” Professor Serafeim has held several positions of leadership. He serves on the board of directors of Liberty Mutual, a Fortune 100 company, and AEA-Bridges Impact Corp., the steering committee of the Athens Exchange Group and as the Chairman of Greece’s Corporate Governance Council. He co-founded the advisory services firm KKS Advisors and the technology firm Richmond Global Sciences. Moreover, he has extensive experience in the investment management industry. He is an academic partner at State Street Associates and serves on the advisory board of investment firms that focus on ESG issues as catalysts for value creation. He has served on several not-for-profit organizations including the board of directors of the High Meadows Institute and the Standards Council of the Sustainability Accounting Standards Board, and on the first ever decarbonization advisory panel for the New York Common Retirement Fund, one of the largest US pension funds.
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