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Robert Charles Pozen (born 1946), known as "Bob", is an American financial executive with a strong interest in public policy. He is the former chairman of MFS Investment Management, the oldest mutual fund company in the United States. Previously, Pozen was the President of Fidelity Investments. In 2001 and 2002, he served as a member of President George W. Bush's Commission to Strengthen Social Security. His proposal for utilizing a "progressive indexing" methodology to address Social Security's long-term solvency issue received national attention, including a mention during President Bush's 2006 State of the Union address. As of 2020, he is a senior lecturer at MIT Sloan School of Management, and a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution and also is an executive coach and mentor, teaching executives about how to be more productive. Early life, education and personal life Pozen was born in Connecticut into a Jewish family, where he attended public high school and won a scholarship to attend Harvard College. In 1968, he graduated summa cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa from Harvard, which awarded him a Knox Traveling Fellowship. In 1972, Pozen received a J.D. degree from Yale Law School, where he served on the editorial board of the Yale Law Journal. He received a JSD from Yale in 1973 for his doctoral thesis on state enterprises in Africa. He is a member of the Massachusetts, New York and Washington, D.C. bars. He has been married for more than 40 years to Elizabeth Kelner Pozen, a psychotherapist and figurative painter. They live in Boston, Massachusetts, and have two adult children. Career Investment industry Pozen was an executive at Fidelity Investments from 1987 to 2001, eventually rising to vice chairman of the company and president of FMR Co., the investment adviser to Fidelity's mutual funds. In the latter role, he had oversight of Fidelity's global portfolio management and research teams; during his tenure as president, Fidelity's assets under management increased from $500 billion to $900 billion. He also was a director of Fidelity's insurance company and credit card bank. Pozen became chairman of MFS Investment Management in February 2004. In that position, he advised the firm on strategic initiatives and long-term planning. Speaking on corporate governance, he has been credited with enhancing the organization's legal, audit, and risk functions. He retired as Chairman in July 2010 and was Chairman Emeritus through 2011. In 2011, he was recognized for his work in the mutual fund industry with the Fund Action Lifetime Achievement Award. Executive coaching from 2019 he started teaching a course on "Maximizing your Productivity" for corporations around the globe as well as for the MIT Executive Education program. Pozen is also an executive coach. His teachings are based on his 2019 research published by MIT News, "How does your productivity stack up? Survey results and research by MIT Sloan's Bob Pozen reveal common habits and skills among highly productive managers". In 2012, Pozen published his book "Extreme Productivity: Boost Your Results, Reduce Your Hours" (2012, Harper Business) which set the foundation for his coursework. In 2018, Pozen's work on Productivity at MIT was one of the top rated stories of the year. Teaching positions 1973–1974: Visiting professor, Georgetown University Law Center 1974–1976: Associate professor, New York University Law School 2002–2003: John Olin Visiting Professor, Harvard Law School 2006–2007: Senior lecturer, MIT Sloan School of Management 2007–2013: Senior lecturer, Harvard Business School 2013–present: MIT Sloan School of Management In December 2019, MIT announced the Miriam Pozen Prize to recognize outstanding financial policy research or practices. Pozen is funding the $200,000 prize, MIT's first in the financial policy area. It will be given every other year, starting in the spring of 2020. Public service In addition to his private sector and teaching posts, Pozen has dedicated time during his career to public service. He was Associate General Counsel for the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) from 1977 to 1980. In 2001 and 2002, he served as a member of President George W. Bush's Commission to Strengthen Social Security. His proposal for utilizing a "progressive indexing" methodology to address Social Security's long-term solvency issue received national attention, including a mention during President Bush's 2006 State of the Union address. At the state level, Pozen served as Secretary of Economic Affairs in 2003 under then-Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney during a time of economic uncertainty after the 2001 US recession. Pozen was responsible for all economic-related areas, including banking, technology, consumer affairs, insurance, and labor. In 2007, Pozen served as chairman of the SEC's Committee to Improve Financial Reporting. Working with both private and public sector experts, the committee made several actionable recommendations to improve the U.S. financial reporting system, many of which have been implemented. Key publications Selected books Extreme Productivity: Boost Your Results, Reduce Your Hours (2012, Harper Business) The Fund Industry: How Your Money is Managed (with Theresa Hamacher, 2011, John Wiley) Too Big to Save? How to Fix the U.S. Financial System (2009, John Wiley) Financial Institutions: Investment Management (1997, West Publishing) Selected productivity articles and videos by Pozen and about Pozen's work MIT News, "How does your productivity stack up?" Survey results and research by MIT Sloan's Bob Pozen reveal common habits and skills among highly productive managers. (July 16, 2019) Harvard Business Review, "What Makes Some People More Productive Than Others" (with Kevin Downey, March 28, 2019) Harvard Business Review, "Assessment: How Productive Are You?" (August 28, 2018) MIT Sloan Executive Education innovation@work Blog, "Supercharge your productivity: 3 big ideas from Bob Pozen" (February 4, 2018) MIT Sloan Executive Education, Video, "Maximizing Your Personal Productivity" [1] (October 16, 2015) MIT Sloan Executive Education, "Five tips for improving every-day productivity" (February 13, 2014) Harvard Business Review, "The Delicate Art of Giving Feedback" (March 28, 2013) Fast Company, "Bob Pozen, Master Of Extreme Productivity, Shares His 3 Most Effective Career Tips" by Drake Baer (October 25, 2012) Harvard Business Review, "Managing Yourself: Extreme Productivity" May 2011 Selected financial articles MarketWatch, "Opinion: 7 states where Obamacare is cheaper and works better" (January 6, 2020) MarketWatch, "Opinion: This is the tax break America's 1% will cling to—even after death" (December 14, 2019) Harvard Business Review, "What Machine Learning Will Mean for Asset Managers" (with Jonathan Ruane, December 3, 2019) Financial Times, "Will bots replace humans in active equity investment?" 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