Executive in Residence

Peter Kontes is a co-founder and chairman emeritus of Marakon Associates, described by Fortune magazine as one of the "elite half dozen" strategy consulting firms in the world. He has advised top management of some of the world's best known companies, and has broad industry experience in financial services, branded consumer products, retailing and manufacturing. A leading authority on managing large companies to achieve superior value growth, he has authored a number of publications and co-authored The Value Imperative (1994).

Mr. Kontes has spoken widely on the topic of managing for long-term value, including presentations at conferences of The World Economic Forum, the Economist, The Wall Street Journal, Business Week, Institutional Investor, and CFO Magazine, as well as lectures at Harvard Business School, Wharton, MIT's Sloan School, London School of Economics, INSEAD, Berkeley's Hass School, and numerous management conferences.

BA Yale University
MBA University of California, Berkeley