Benjamin C. Esty
Benjamin C. Esty
Roy and Elizabeth Simmons Professor of Business Administration
Unit Head, Finance
Co-Chair, General Management Program (General ManagementP)
| Unit | Finance |
|---|---|
| Contact | (617) 495-6159 Send E-Mail |
| Interests | corporate finance, infrastructure , leadership development, project finance, valuation, more > |
| Overview | Biography | Publications & Course Materials | Current Research | Areas of Interest |
Benjamin Esty is the Roy and Elizabeth Simmons Professor of Business Administration and Head of the Finance Unit at Harvard Business School. He is the founding faculty chairman of the General Management Program (GMP), a comprehensive leadership program designed to create outstanding business leaders. Previously, Professor Esty taught courses in the MBA program on corporate and project finance. The project finance course, called Large-Scale Investment (LSI), analyzed how firms structure, negotiate, value, and finance large capital investments such as EuroTunnel, Airbus A380, Hong Kong Disneyland, Chad-Cameroon Pipeline, and Iridium (the global satellite telecommunications firm). For this course, he created an on-line portal to help students, practitioners, and academics obtain information about project finance, infrastructure investments, and public-private partnerships (PPP). He also teaches in a variety of executive education programs and serves as the faculty chairman for the Summer Venture in Management Program (a management training program for college students designed to promote educational diversity and opportunity--see the article describing the SVMP program). Professor Esty has received the Student Association Award for teaching excellence three times in recent years, the Apgar Award for teaching innovations, and the Greenhill Award for outstanding service to the school.