George A. Riedel

George A. Riedel is the Henry B. Arthur Fellow and Senior Lecturer in the General Management Unit, where he teaches both TOM and acts as a Section Chair in the RC. He is also a co-founder of the effort to build an Impact Investment Fund at HBS and co-teaches it as an EC Class.  Lastly, he also teaches a range of courses in the Exec Ed program, mostly around Professional Services Firms.  He has also taught Leadership and Corporate Accountability (LCA) for several years, along with Field Foundations.

He has written a number of cases and has convened two large programs for HBS students.

He returned to HBS after 30 years having graduated in 1987 following a 16 year career at McKinsey and Company, both in North America and Asia followed by a 14 year career in various C-suite roles in Technology, including multiple CEO stints. He has served on ten public or private company boards and currently serves as Chairman of the Board at Infinera (INFN) in Sunnyvale, CA., Chairman of the Board of Juvare in Atlanta, GA. as well as the lead indepedent director at Bridgeway Benefits Technology in Baltimore, MD.

After graduating from the University of Virginia in 1980 with a BS (with Distinction) in Mechanical Engineering he spent the next five years working as a Petroleum Engineer for Exxon Co USA in their production department in Houston prior to coming back to HBS.

He lives in Weston, MA with his wife Amy.