2022 Perlmutter Award for Excellence in Global Business Leadership

The Perlmutter Award is given to a highly select group of individuals who have demonstrated exceptional leadership worldwide. It particularly honors those whose careers in business, finance, government and related fields embody the values promoted by the Perlmutter Institute — a vision that transcends national borders, the highest levels of professionalism and a commitment to the global community and its prosperity.

This year's award recipient is Sir Ronald Cohen, a pioneering philanthropist, venture capitalist, private equity investor and social innovator.

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Award Recipient

Sir Ronald Cohen

Sir Ronald Cohen is a pioneering philanthropist, venture capitalist, private equity investor and social innovator. He is recognized as the father of impact investment and European venture capital and is driving forward the global Impact Revolution. Cohen serves as chairman of the Global Steering Group for Impact Investment; the Impact-Weighted Accounts Project at Harvard Business School; and The Portland Trust. He is a co-founder and former executive chairman of global private equity firm Apax Partners Worldwide. Cohen is also a co-founder of Social Finance UK, USA and Israel; co-founder chair of Bridges Fund Management; and the former co-founding chair of Big Society Capital. He is the author of “IMPACT: Reshaping Capitalism to Drive Real Change,” a Wall Street Journal Best Seller published in 2020.

Speakers

Kathryn Graddy

Dean, Brandeis International Business School

Kathryn Graddy is the dean of Brandeis International Business School and the Fred and Rita Richman Distinguished Professor in Economics. Graddy has held numerous leadership positions at Brandeis University. Graddy’s research focuses on the economics of art, culture and, more generally, industrial organization.

Ronald D. Liebowitz

President, Brandeis University

Ronald D. Liebowitz became Brandeis University’s ninth president on July 1, 2016. The former president of Middlebury College, Liebowitz is a recognized administrative leader in higher education, whose academic scholarship centers on political geography, Russia and higher education.

Aldo Musacchio

Professor of Business, Brandeis International Business School
Director, Master of Business Administration (MBA) program
Director, Perlmutter Institute for Global Business Leadership

Aldo Musacchio is a specialist on strategy and corporate governance in multinationals; innovation and industrial policy in emerging markets; and state-owned enterprise reform, among other topics. Prof. Musacchio teaches Strategy in Emerging Markets for graduate students and Competitive Strategy (in technology firms) for undergraduate students. He has a long track record of research in economic history and is a research associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research's Development of the American Economy Group.

About the Perlmutter Institute for Global Business Leadership

Established by trustees Louis Perlmutter ’56 and Barbara Perlmutter, the Perlmutter Institute for Global Business Leadership prepares students for leadership positions in global corporations throughout the world.

Using a multifaceted, holistic approach, the institute also focuses on leadership in a globally independent world, promoting contrasting values of the profit motive and the public good.