George Serafeim is the Charles M. Williams Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School, where he focuses on organizational transformation, corporate governance, and business model adaptation in response to climate change and other systemic shifts. He co-leads a Lab at Harvard’s Digital, Data, and Design Institute, examining how organizations can maintain competitive performance while seizing emerging opportunities in rapidly evolving economic and regulatory environments. He teaches in both the MBA program and Executive Education, courses focused on Financial Analysis, Management Controls, Corporate Governance, Energy Transition, Climate Technologies, and Purpose of the Firm. His widely cited research, published in leading academic and practitioner journals, spans accounting, finance, strategy, and management, and he has presented in more than 60 countries, consistently ranking among the top authors on the Social Science Research Network. His book “Purpose and Profit: How Business Can Lift Up the World” explores how organizations can deliver measurable societal impact while achieving high performance. His weekly newsletter, The Edge, provides reflections for business leaders on how to drive excellence and superior results.
Beyond academia, he serves on the board of directors of Liberty Mutual and on the advisory board of leading investment firms. He has played a pivotal role in shaping corporate governance standards globally, including chairing Greece’s Corporate Governance Council, serving on the Steering Committee of the Athens Exchange Group, and acting as an inaugural member of the SASB Standards Council. His contributions have been recognized with multiple awards, such as the Greenhill Award from Harvard Business School, the Pericles Leadership Award, the Kim B. Clark Fellowship on Responsible Leadership from the University of Oxford, the Graham & Dodd Scroll Award (twice), and the JIBS Decade Award.