The Council of Global Advisors is comprised of global leaders who advise the dean and the school’s senior leadership on strategies to expand the brand and reach of the school internationally. The Council members are from a diverse set of countries and have varied experiences and backgrounds.
Chair
Togbe Afede XIV ’89
Executive Chairman
Strategic Initiatives Limited
Members
Buford (Buf) Alexander
Former Senior Partner Emeritus
McKinsey & Company
Elizabeth Berry Gips ’89
Venture Partner
Draper Richards Kaplan Foundation
Eric Braverman ’97 B.A., ’02 J.D.
CEO, Schmidt Futures
Lecturer in the Practice of Government, Yale School of Management
Raymond N. Chang ’96
Chairman & CEO
Agrify Corporation
Steven Chapman ’85
Former Group Vice President - China and Russia
Cummins Inc.
Jihong Chen
Director
Prosper Vantage Limited
Timothy C. Collins ’82
CEO & Senior Managing Director
Ripplewood Advisors, LLC
Bob Diamond
Founder & CEO
Atlas Merchant Capital LLC
Rajeev Dubey ’82
Group President, HR & Corporate Services
CEO, After-Market Sector
Mahindra & Mahindra
Donald Gips ’89
CEO Emeritus & Senior Counsellor
Skoll Foundation
Maggie Paláu Hernández
Founder & CEO
Hernández Ventures
Naomi Hirose ’83
Vice Chairman
Tokyo Electric Power Holdings Company, Incorporated
Steven Kauderer ’89
Senior Partner
McKinsey & Company
Brian B. Koo
CEO
LB Investment/LB Private Equity
Thomas Krens ’84
Former Director Emeritus
Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation
Chairman & CEO
Global Cultural Asset Management LLC
James A. Lawrence ’74 B.A.
Chairman
Lake Harriet Capital LLC
Sarena Lin ’98, ’98 M.A.
Executive Vice President, Corporate Strategy & Global Marketing
Elanco USA
Albert H. Nahmad
Chairman & CEO
Watsco, Inc.
Sunil K. Nair ’95
Former Founding Partner
MOVE Capital
Rock G. Positano ’89 M.P.H.
Founder & Co-Director
Non-Surgical Foot and Ankle Service
Hospital for Special Surgery
Manjit Rajain
Group Chairman
Mortice & Tenon Group of Companies
Alexander (Alex) Ramlie
Co-Founder & Chief Executive Officer
Dhilmar Ltd.
Tandean Rustandy
CEO
PT Arwana Citramulia Tbk
Henry B. Schacht ’56 B.S.
Special Limited Partner
Warburg Pincus LLC
Alice Steenland ’03
Chief Sustainability Officer
Dessault Systémes
Robert Thomson
Chief Executive
News Corp
Gita Irawan Wirjawan
Founder & Chairman
Ancora Group
Steven Xiang
Executive Director & CEO
Huanxi Media Group Limited
Ken Xu
Win-Light Capital
Sha Ye
Managing Partner
Chengwei Capital
Deborah Zurkow ’87
Managing Director
Head of Alternatives
Allianz Global Investors
Ex Officio Members
Kerwin K. Charles
Indra K. Nooyi Dean & Frederick W. Beinecke Professor of Economics, Policy, and Management
Yale School of Management
Neil Nan Peng Shen ’92
Founding & Managing Partner of HSG
HongShan
Paula J. Volent, CFA ’97
CIO
The Rockefeller University