Bruce Usher

Bruce Usher is a Professor of Professional Practice and Faculty Director of the Tamer Institute for Social Enterprise and Climate Change at Columbia Business School. He teaches courses on climate change, finance and business, and is a recipient of multiple teaching awards. Professor Usher is on the Columbia Climate School faculty, chairs the Tamer Fund for Social Ventures, and previously chaired Columbia University’s Advisory Committee on Socially Responsible Investing.

Professor Usher published Investing in the Era of Climate Change in 2022, and Renewable Energy: A Primer for the Twenty-First Century, the first in the Earth Institute’s sustainability series of books, in 2019.

Prior to joining Columbia University, Professor Usher was CEO of EcoSecurities Group plc, which developed greenhouse gas emission reduction projects in developing countries. EcoSecurities completed an IPO in 2005 and was acquired by JPMorgan in 2009. He was previously the co-founder and CEO of TreasuryConnect, which provided electronic trading solutions to banks and was acquired in 2001. Prior to that, he worked in financial services in New York and Tokyo. He earned an MBA from Harvard Business School.