Fritz Foley is a senior associate dean and professor for financial planning at Harvard Business School.
Commercialisation firm Allied Minds has hired Fritz Foley (pictured), senior associate dean and professor of financial planning at Harvard Business School as independent non-executive director.
As senior associate dean, Foley works closely with the business school’s management on affairs such as multi-year financial planning, program evaluation, risk management and allocation of resources.
His academic papers cover fields including intellectual property, investment, joint ventures and working capital management.
Foley also teaches a second-year elective course at Harvard that covers corporate financial operations and is a co-chairperson of the university’s Finance for Senior Executives program.
Before joining Harvard in 2004, Foley taught at University of Michigan Business School. He completed his PhD in business economics at Harvard after receiving a BA in Ethics, Politics and Economics from Yale University.
Foley is currently a research associate to non-profit think-tank National Bureau of Economic Research’s corporate finance, international trade and investment programs.
He was once an associate editor of peer-reviewed academic publication Journal of International Economics and has previously offered financial and strategic advice to businesses on matters including technology, biotech, retail, healthcare and professional services.
Peter Dolan, chairman of Allied Minds, said: “We are delighted to welcome Fritz Foley to the board of Allied Minds. His insights and network as a highly respected corporate finance specialist will be invaluable to the board.”
– Photograph courtesy of Allied Minds
