Faculty
Robert C. Pozen is currently a Senior Lecturer at MIT Sloan School of Management and a non-resident Senior Fellow at the Brookings Institution.
In 2012, he won acclaim for a popular book entitled Extreme Productivity: Boost Your Results, Reduce Your Hours. In the Spring of 2021, he will be publishing a new book on productivity when working remotely, entitled, Remote Inc.: How to Thrive at Work…Wherever You Are.
In 2004, Bob became the executive chairman of MFS Investment Management, which now manages over $400 billion for mutual funds and pension plans. Between 2004 and 2011, MFS’s assets under management nearly tripled from a base of $130 billion.
During his distinguished career, Bob has been active in business, government and academia. Prior to joining MFS, he was vice chairman of Fidelity Investments and president of Fidelity Management & Research Company. During Bob’s five years as president, Fidelity’s assets increased from $500 billion to $900 billion.
In late 2001 and 2002, Bob served on President Bush’s Commission to Strengthen Social Security, where he developed a progressive plan to make the system solvent. In 2003, Bob served as Secretary of Economic Affairs for Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney. In 2007, he served as chairman of the SEC's Committee to Improve Financial Reporting.
Bob is currently an independent director of Nielsen and AMC (a subsidiary of the World Bank). He previously was an independent director of Medtronic PLC and BCE (the parent of Bell Canada). He also serves as chairman of the Leadership Council of the Tax Policy Center, chairman of the Advisory Board of Agility (an outsourced CIO) and a senior advisor to the consulting firm of Oliver Wyman.
Bob frequently writes articles for the Financial Times, the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal and the Harvard Business Review. He has published a book on the recent financial crisis, Too Big To Save? How to Fix the US Financial System, and a guide for investors entitled The Fund Industry: How Your Money is Managed.
Bob graduated summa cum laude from Harvard College and holds a law degree from Yale Law School, where he also obtained a doctorate for a book on state enterprises in Africa. He lives in Boston with his wife of over 40 years.
Pozen, Robert C. New York, NY: HarperBusiness, 2012.
Pozen, Robert C., and Theresa Hamacher. Hoboken, NJ: Wiley, 2015.
Robert C. Pozen. Market Watch, July 23, 2020.
Pozen, Robert C., and Patrick J. Ryan. Brookings Report, July 17, 2020.
Pozen, Robert C. and Joshua Rauh. Market Watch, June 8, 2020.
Pozen, Robert C. The Hill, May 13, 2020.
$200,000 prize will be awarded to Dr. Fischer and a fellowship named in his honor will be awarded to an MIT Sloan MBA student; Dr. Fischer will deliver the inaugural Miriam Pozen Address at MIT.
Work with remote work, facilitate peer-to-peer communication, confront supply chain shortfalls, and more.
Source: MarketWatch (Opinion Piece)
"With the overhang of the presidential election largely behind us, Congress should quickly pass another stimulus bill."
Source: BNN Bloomberg
Senior Lecturer Robert Pozen joins BNN Bloomberg to provide his market outlook amid the uncertain 2020 presidential election result.
Source: Bloomberg | Baystate Business (Audio)
Bob Pozen on the market and economic issues of the day as well as the winner of the first Miriam Pozen Prize.
Source: BNN Bloomberg (Video)
Robert Pozen joins BNN Bloomberg to discuss his macro outlook on the market and the risks facing the economy in the back half of 2020.
