Reuben Abraham is a professor at Cornell University’s Center for Sustainable Global Enterprise at the Johnson School of Management and a visiting professor at the Indian School of Business. He is working with Cornell and the ISB to set up a Center for Sustainable Global Enterprise and is the director of the Base of the Pyramid Learning Lab in India.

He serves on the global board of directors of George Soros’ Economic Development Fund, a $140 million fund which is involved in catalysing growth in emerging markets. He founded and runs the International Private Enterprise Group, a New York-based network of professionals which promotes the role of the private sector, capital markets and technology in catalysing economic development in emerging markets.