Raphael H. Cohen

Cohen has been one of the first to talk about benevolent (or caring) leadership in an article published in 2013. His additional analysis of the importance of enforcing rules in organizations led him to develop the concept of Fair and Caring Leadership that he teaches in business school and executive education seminars.

He is the owner and managing director of Getratex SA, as well as academic co-director of the Entrepreneurial Leadership and business development specialization of the eMBA at the University of Geneva since 2001.

Cohen started Management Boosters in 2001, as a division of Getratex SA, to provide executive education, mentoring and lecturing services to business schools and corporations on innovation, intrapreneurship and leadership.

Since 2001, Cohen has been the academic co-director of the entrepreneurship specialization of the eMBA of the University of Geneva, Switzerland, an MBA focusing on innovation, entrepreneurship and business development.

Cohen started his career at Getratex SA in 1975, where his first intrapreneurial opportunity was to create a new business unit to sell clothing. This unit obtained Disney licenses for clothes. To reduce his exposure to the fashion industry, in 1980 he initiated a diversification, which led him to invest in several startups. Since he became a business angel Cohen has been involved in many businesses including tourist attractions, theming of public areas, surface treatments, financial derivatives, internet marketing, software, skin treatments, retail, real estate, construction and high-tech projects. As a trusted advisor for several large corporations he became an expert in corporate innovation and intrapreneurship.