Organisation

The Amsterdam Center for Entrepreneurship (ACE) is an initiative of the Faculty of Economics and Business of the University of Amsterdam. Prof. Dr. Mirjam van Praag is the founder and director of the foundation. ACE is affiliated with the Amsterdam Business School, the Amsterdam School of Economics and the Science Park Amsterdam Center for Entrepreneurship (SPACE).

The Advisory Board

• Loek Hermans (Chairman of MKB-Nederland)
• Fred Bos (Member of the Board of Fortis Bank Nederland)
• Tom van der Heijden (Member of the Board of KPMG Nederland)
• Paul Doop (Member of the Board of the University of Amsterdam)

Fellows

• Prof. Dr. Zoltan Acs (Professor of  Entrepreneurship and Public Policy, George Mason University and director of the Center for Entrepreneurship and Public Policy, George Mason University)
• Prof. Dr. David Audretsch (Professor of Economic Development, Indiana University and director of the research Department on Entrepreneurship, Growth & Public Policy at the Max Planck Institute of Economics, Jena)
• Prof. Dr. George Baker (Professor of Business Administration, Harvard Business School)
• Prof. Dr. William Baumol (Professor of Economics, New York University and director of the C.V. Starr Center for Applied Economics, New York University)
• Prof. Dr. Arnoud Boot (Professor of Corporate Finance and Financial Markets, Universiteit van Amsterdam and director of both the Amsterdam Center for Law & Economics and the Amsterdam Center for Corporate Finance)
• Prof. Dr. Magnus Henrekson (Professor of Economics, Stockholm School of Economics and director of the Research Institute of Industrial Economics)
• Prof. Dr. Josh Lerner (Professor of Investment Banking, Harvard Business School)
• Prof. Dr. Simon Parker (Professor of Economics and Entrepreneurship, Durham University)
• Prof. Dr. Mike Wright (Professor of Financial Studies, Nottingham University Business School and director of the Centre for Management Buy-out Research)