Generation has a unique team which integrates seasoned equity analysts with leaders from the sustainability research field.
The Generation team of 27 people represents 9 countries, speaks 8 languages, and integrates traditional equity analysts with experts from the sustainability research field. Within the team, Generation has 14 investment professionals with over 80 years of combined investment experience.
Full biographies of members of our firm [PDF].
The firm was created in 2004 by six founding Partners:
- Hon. Al Gore is Chairman;
- David Blood, the former CEO of Goldman Sachs Asset Management, is Managing Partner;
- Mark Ferguson, previously co-Head of Pan-European Research at Goldman Sachs Asset Management and a Global Equities Portfolio Manager, is Chief Investment Officer;
- Peter Harris, previously head of International Operations for Goldman Sachs Asset Management, is Chief Operating Officer;
- Peter S. Knight, formerly Managing Director Met West Financial, lawyer, Chief of Staff for Senator Al Gore (D-TN) from 1977-1989, and Campaign Manager for President Clinton's successful re-election in 1996, is President of Generation U.S.; and
- Colin le Duc, previously Director of Research for SAM Sustainable Asset Management in Zurich and strategy consultant for Arthur D. Little in London, is Head of Research.
Our Chairman, former Vice President Al Gore, has assembled Generation's Advisory Board which consists of global leaders and thinkers from capital markets, industry, sustainability, economics, and geopolitical fields. The Advisory Board plays an important part in establishing our long-term thematic research agenda into global sustainability issues, such as poverty, climate change, ecosystem services, biodiversity, pandemics, demographics, migration, public policy and responsible lobbying.