Ant Bozkaya

I am a Professor of Management Practice. I hold the Marie and Alain Philippson Chair Professor of Global Entrepreneurship at the Solvay School jointly with a Distinguished Fellow-ship at the Berkeley-Haas Entrepreneurship Program, University of California, Berkeley. I am also Mizuho Securities Endowment Visiting Professor at the Kyoto University Graduate School of Management. During the past 15 years, I have held multiple academic, executive, and policy-related positions including at the Harvard Business School, Harvard Kennedy School, MIT Sloan School, UC Berkeley, and the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER).

Much of my work examines the ways in which financial intermediaries and institutional organizations impact the nature of innovation and entrepreneurship. I also work with companies and governments worldwide on the development of new ventures and transformations for sustainable growth. Earlier in my career, I held senior positions in management consulting in Sydney and London. I was founding President and CEO of Bilkent Technology, Healthcare, and Power Group in Turkey. I have served as director, advisor, trustee, and as board member at several companies and non-profit organizations. I continue to assist startups worldwide on their financing strategies.

I was awarded a Harvard University Fellowship in Science and International Affairs to conduct my doctoral studies jointly at Harvard Kennedy School and Harvard Business School and hold a PhD in Economics; an BS/MS (Management Science/Finance); and an MBA from ULB.

RESEARCH FIELDS

• Innovation management
• Innovation policy and the economy
• Entrepreneurship
• Entrepreneurial finance

Companies

• Marie & Philippson Chair of Global Entrepreneurship & Professor of Management Practice (nonresident) Solvay Brussels School of Economics and Management (SBS-EM) - ULB (2014)
• Distinguished Fellow University of California, Berkeley (2013)
• Research Fellow | Innovation Policy and the Economy National Bureau of Economic Research (2009)
• Guest Speaker & Mentor Stanford University School of Engineering (2018 — 2020)
• Mizuho Securities Endowment Visiting Professor | Global Entrepreneurship Kyoto University (2014 — 2020)
• Guest Professor for the DRIVING ECONOMIC GROWTH THROUGH ENTREPRENEURSHIP ECOSYSTEMS Program Babson College (2014 — 2016)
• Director of Global Initiatives; Research Fellow; Visiting Scholar University of California at Berkeley (2013 — 2016)
• Senior Lecturer, Lecturer, Research Fellow MIT Sloan School of Management (2009 — 2016)
• Visiting Scholar, Research Associate Harvard Business School (2005 — 2010)

Education

• Ph.D. Harvard University (2005 — 2009)
• Ph.D. Université libre de Bruxelles
• DEA (M Phil) Université libre de Bruxelles
• Master of Business Administration Université libre de Bruxelles
• Executive Education Certificates Harvard Kennedy School
• Captain’s (Maritime) License ODTU Maritime Studies
• CPIM Australasian Supply Chain Institute (1990 — 1992)
• Virginia Tech - Pamplin College of Business