{"id":6756,"date":"2018-09-01T04:00:00","date_gmt":"2018-09-01T04:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/business.cornell.edu\/centers\/2018\/09\/01\/peter-cornelius-1\/"},"modified":"2026-07-14T18:15:51","modified_gmt":"2026-07-14T18:15:51","slug":"peter-cornelius-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/business.cornell.edu\/centers\/2018\/09\/01\/peter-cornelius-1\/","title":{"rendered":"Peter Cornelius"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"259\" height=\"259\" src=\"https:\/\/business.cornell.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2026\/06\/500x500-peter-cornelius-1.jpg\" alt=\"Peter Cornelius\" class=\"wp-image-6757\" srcset=\"https:\/\/business.cornell.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2026\/06\/500x500-peter-cornelius-1.jpg 259w, https:\/\/business.cornell.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2026\/06\/500x500-peter-cornelius-1-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 259px) 100vw, 259px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Peter Cornelius is a Managing Director at AlpInvest Partners, which is part of the Investment Solutions group of The Carlyle Group. At AlpInvest Partners, he is responsible for analyzing the economic and financial environment for private equity markets and examining the implications for the firm\u2019s strategic asset allocation. Mr. Cornelius joined AlpInvest Partners in 2005 from Royal Dutch Shell, where he was Group Chief Economist. Previously, he was chief economist and Director of the World Economic Forum\u2019s Global Competitiveness Program. Prior to that, he was head of international economic research at Deutsche Bank and a senior economist with the International Monetary Fund. He also served on the staff of the German Council of Economic Advisors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mr. Cornelius was an adjunct professor at Brandeis International Business School and a Visiting Scholar at Harvard University. He serves on the Board of Directors of the BTI Institute and is a research fellow of the Emerging Markets Institute at Cornell University. He also serves on the advisory boards of the Private Capital Research Institute at Harvard Business School and the Institute of Private Capital at the Kenan\u2013Flagler Business School of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill as well as on EMPEA\u2019s Latin American Council. Mr. Cornelius studied at the London School of Economics and Political Science and received his doctorate in economics from the University of Go\u00a8ttingen. He has authored and co-authored several books, including \u201cFinancing Entrepreneurship and Innovation in Emerging Markets\u201d (2017, with L. Casanova and S. Dutta).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Peter Cornelius is a Managing Director at AlpInvest Partners, which is part of the Investment Solutions group of The Carlyle Group. 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