Professor Julian Birkinshaw is a world‑leading scholar and dynamic academic leader. Appointed Dean of Ivey Business School at Western University in August 2024, he brings an impressive 25‑year legacy at London Business School where he held roles including Vice‑Dean, Deputy Dean Programs and Deputy Dean Executive Education. A graduate of Ivey (MBA ’91, PhD ’95), he also holds a BSc in Geology from Durham University.
An internationally renowned authority on innovation, digital transformation, and strategic agility of large firms, Birkinshaw has authored 16 books—including Resurgent, Fast/Forward and Becoming a Better Boss—and 130 articles in top journals. He has won best paper awards in leading academic journals (e.g. Management Innovation in Academy of Management Review in 2008) and practice-oriented journals (e.g. How Incumbents Survive and Thrive in Harvard Business Review in 2022. His is a Fellow of the British Academy, Strategic Management Society, American Academy of Management, and Academy of International Business, and holds honorary doctorates from Copenhagen and Stockholm universities.