"I left BankBoston after 12 years as executive vice president because I had largely completed what I had set out to do and decided that it was time to move on to the next challenge and chapter in my eclectic career," he said.
According to Jackson, it was only natural that challenge would come from Harvard.
"Harvard has been my anchor, sort of my home-away-from-home, intermittently for more than 30 years," Jackson said.
When Porter and others at KSG called him with the offer to come to CBG, Jackson said he jumped at the chance.
"I didn't need any further persuading," he said.
Jackson said he sees CBG's role in fusing the studies of government and of business as crucial.
"Generally, I find the intersection of public and private sectors to be the most interesting and important space in contemporary society, either domestically or globally," he said.
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