Harlan Zimmerman is a senior partner of Cevian Capital, with responsibilities across investment, engagement and business matters. He is based in London and has worked with Cevian since 2003. Cevian is Europe’s largest activist manager, with some €14bn in constructive activist investing in listed European companies, taking stakes between 5% and 25%. Currently, its professionals sit on the boards of nine companies in six European countries, including Autoliv, ABB, Ericsson, Rexel, RSA and ThyssenKrupp. Cevian benefits from a stable capital base provided by some 400 mostly institutional investors. It does not short, hedge or use leverage. Zimmerman attended the Lauder Institute of the University of Pennsylvania, where he earned an MBA in Finance from Wharton and an MA in International Relations. He earned a BA in International Relations and Russian from the University of California, Davis.