Global Family Enterprise Program was launched in 2015 and comprises an invited group of alumni and friends who are family enterprise principals, entrepreneurial thinkers, and advisors in New York City and beyond. The Advisory Board plays a powerful role in the strategic growth of the Program. The Advisory Board also plays a role in creating new opportunities to support student and alumni family enterprise endeavors, serves as a champion of the Columbia Business School brand in the larger world of family-owned enterprises, and assists the Program in building a strong, dynamic, and unprecedented network of family enterprise entrepreneurs and advisors.
Advisory Board Members
Amy Binder ’94
Co-Founder & CEO, RF|Binder Partners
Bram Bluestein ’71
Chairman, Bluestein Ventures
Timothy P. Brown
Founder & CEO, Sageworth
Alice Chen ’05
President, Tawa Supermarkets
Mark Collins ’83
Partner, Brown Advisory
Taimur Dawood ’99
Chairman, Descon (Pakistan)
Sajjad Ebrahim ’73
Chairman & CEO, Lark Investments (Canada)
Ken Fuirst ’90
Co-President, Levitt-Fuirst Associates
Andrew Gundlach ’01
Director, First Eagle Investment Management
Lewis Hart
Managing Director, Brown Brothers Harriman
Amanda Hawkins ’11
CEO, Canerector (Canada)
Michael Heuberger ’09
Stanley Ko ’99
President, Hasmore Ltd. (Taiwan)
Angeliki Koromvoki ’19
Partner, VNK Capital (Greece)
Jack Mitchell (Ex Officio)
Chairman, Mitchells Stores
Pierre Mordacq ’07
Partner, AtlanVest
Koichi Ohara ’04 & Yasuyuki Ohara ’68
President & COO
Chairman & CEO, Tsuchiya Company (Japan)
William Sten Olsson ’17
Chairman, Stena (Sweden)
Guido Ottolenghi ’94
General Manager & CEO, La Petrolifera Italo Rumena (Italy)
Michael Preston (Emeritus)
Professor and Business Advisor
Anne Kirstine Riemann ’02
Coach, Vetinas ApS (Denmark)
Ali İsmail Sabancı ’95
Chairman, Pegasus Airlines (Turkey)