Andre F. Perold

André Perold is a Founder, Partner, and Chief Investment Officer of HighVista Strategies, a Boston-based investment firm. HighVista focuses on investing in structurally inefficient public and private markets, including in life sciences,  lower middle market private equity, early stage venture capital and private credit.

Perold is also the George Gund Professor of Finance and Banking, Emeritus at the Harvard Business School, where he had a distinguished career over more than three decades. At Harvard Business School, Perold's research was focused in investment management and the capital markets, and he developed popular courses in those areas.  Perold has received numerous awards for research and teaching excellence, and he was voted the School’s most outstanding professor in a Business Week student survey.  He also served in senior roles at Harvard Business School, including as a Senior Associate Dean and Chair of the Finance Faculty.

In addition to his work at Harvard and HighVista, Perold has served as a director, trustee and advisory board member of a variety of not-for-profit and other organizations. He is presently a director of The Vanguard Group and RIT Capital Partners.  Perold received his Bachelor's degree from the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, and his Masters and Ph.D. degrees from Stanford University.