Haris Boko

 Dr Boko is the President of EUbusiness, a global think-tank aimed to empower sustainable development of the European Union by endorsing cutting-edgetechnologies and advanced financial instruments with leading human capital.He holds Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering and has managerial schooling fromHarvard Business School and Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government.Haris is affiliated with Band of Angels, the principal investors of Silicon Valleyinaugurated to facilitate the growth of technologically advanced andinnovative businesses. He is engaged with global asset management fundsfocused on renewable energy and artificial intelligence and collaborates withSpecial interest Groups on energy and investments at Stanford University.Dr. Boko was Senior Fellow with the London School of Economics and PoliticalScience involved with emerging markets’ implications on global development.Haris has wide corporate and public sector experience in spanned areas ofbusiness development, strategic planning, restructuring, due diligence, initialpublic offerings, valuation, privatization, and transactions from San Francisco,Montreal, Vienna, Tokyo and London, predominantly in energy and healthcareAs strategic consultant, he arranged the innovative assessment methodologyfor bankability of European energy infrastructure in excess of €30 billion.In banking, he managed assessments of financial instruments to allocate loansand portfolio investments on behalf of Governments, World Bank, EBRD, EIBas well as plentiful of commercial banks, venture funds and individuals.In mergers and acquisitions, he arranged road shows, performed financial andtechnical due diligences, settled the valuations, and finalized the transactions.Professor Boko served as Dean of the AMBA accredited MBA School, directingits strategic planning, budget, curriculum, staff, and research. He supervisedgrowth campaigns and corporate in-house training. His ultimate responsibilitywas to safeguard the highest quality of public service and education.As the professor of strategic management, he was coaching students how toarrange resources of a business endeavor to achieve its goals and objectives.Haris is advocating ESG, the Environmental, Social, and Corporate Governancecriteria to assess the societal impact on financial performance and operations.Dr. Boko managed the accession of new European Union’s and NATO membercountry, supervising the entire network of national developmental projects.He chaired European Union’s panel on EU energy market and contributed tonumerous bodies of the European Commission. Dr Boko governed the NordicChamber and AmCham, has been keynote speaker and chaired internationalgatherings at global think-tanks including Trilateral Commission, Davos WorldSummit, German Marshall Fund, Economist Intelligence Unit, Wilton Park,Chatham House, Cleveland Club and Atlantic Council. Haris moderates AspenInstitute’s Executive Seminar on leadership, values and the good society.He was competitive tennis player and sustained devotion to offshore sailing.Dr. Boko is the honorary citizen of New Orleans, USA, and is awarded with thehonorary medal by the City of Kyoto, Japan.