Jordi Canals

Jordi Canals is professor of strategic management and economics and the holder of Fundación IESE Chair in Corporate Governance. He was Dean of IESE from 2001 through 2016, and Doctor of Economic Sciences and Business Administration (University of Barcelona), Jordi Canals has received Honorary Masters and Doctoral Prizes. He was a Post-Doctoral Research Fellow at Harvard University, Visiting Scholar at the World Bank and International Monetary Fund, and Guest Scholar at The Brookings Institution (Washington, D.C.). As well as a Fulbright Scholar and founding member of the European Shadow Financial Regulatory Committee, member of the Commission to Foster Market Transparency and Security (Aldama Commission), and board member of the European Institute for Advanced Studies in Management (Brussels), the Graduate Management Admission Council (GMAC), the European Corporate Governance Institute, and EQUIS (European accreditation agency).

He has published a variety of texts on economics, finance, corporate government, and business administration, including: En busca del equilibrio. Consejos de Administración y alta dirección en el gobierno de la empresa (Pearson, 2008), Managing Corporate Growth (Oxford University Press, 2000), Universal Banking: Theoretical Perspectives and International Comparisons (Oxford University Press, 1997), La internacionalización de la empresa (McGraw-Hill, 1994), and Competitive Strategies in European Banking (Oxford University Press, 1993).