Sir Ronald Cohen

Career: conslt McKinsey & Co (UK and Italy) 1969-71, chargé de mission Institut de Développement Industriel France 1971-72, fndr chm Apax Partners Worldwide LLP 1972-2005; chm Bridges Ventures 2002-12, fndr and chm The Portland Tst 2003-, chm Portland Capital LLP 2006-09, chm Big Soc Capital 2011-; fndr dir: British Venture Capital Assoc (former chm) 1983, Euro Venture Capital Assoc 1985, City Gp for Smaller Cos (now Quoted Cos Alliance) 1992; dir: NASDAQ Europe 2001-03, Social Finance UK 2007-11, Social Finance USA 2011-; fndr and vice-chm EASDAQ 1995-2001; chm: DTI Tech Stars Steering Ctee 1997-99, Social Investment Task Force HM Treasy 2000-10; memb: CBI Wider Share Ownership Ctee 1988-90, Stock Exchange Working Pty on Smaller Cos 1993, CBI City Advsy Gp 1993-99, Exec Ctee Centre for Economic Policy and Research 1996-99, Inst for Social and Economic Policy in the Middle East Kennedy Sch Harvard Univ 1997-98, Advsy Bd Fulbright Cmmn 1997-99, SFA; tstee and memb Exec Ctee IISS 2005-10; vice-chm Ben Gurion Univ 2002-; memb: Dean's Bd of Advsrs Harvard Business Sch 2003-08 and 2010-, Chllr's Ct of Benefactors Univ of Oxford 2003-, Harvard Bd of Overseers 2007-; tstee Br Museum 2005-; Lib candidate Kensington North Gen Election 1974 and London West for Euro Parl 1979; hon fell Exeter Coll Oxford 2000

Books and Publications: The Second Bounce of the Ball: Turning Risk into Opportunity (2007)