Teaching in executive programs in North America, Europe, Asia and Africa, he has made a contribution to education that encompasses the globe. The recipient of awards for excellence in teaching, he received special recognition from both the Richard Ivey School of Business and the University of Ottawa. Jean-Louis has co-authored the books Cases in Alliance Management: Building Successful Alliances and Le partenariat: stratégies et modes opératoires. In addition to teaching, he advises executives internationally and has twenty years experience serving on the Board of Directors of companies.

Clients: Perle Auto Europe, Lixar IT Inc., Bisson Varona and Associates Incubator Company Inc., La Fondation RGA-Michel Cloutier, Morrison Lamothe Inc., Davidson Industries Inc., Camplast Inc., Canadian Club of Ottawa and Atlas Medical Resources.

He is a former Director of both the Executive MBA and MBA programs. His teaching area is accounting with a focus on strategic costing for management decision making. Murray has published articles, monographs and cases in this field including some that have been international prize winners. In 2006/2007, he was the lead researcher on the ICD Blue Ribbon Commission on the Governance of Executive Compensation in Canada (ICD 207). The resulting report provided advice to Boards of Directors and was the basis for many of the changes implemented by the Canadian Securities Administration.

Clients: Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry, Ontario Hospital Association and Sunnybrook – Women’s College Health Sciences Centre.

Leading international financial journals have published his research on investment banking, corporate finance and financial contract choice. Undergraduates, MBA, Ph.D. and executive development students have all benefited from his knowledge and experience. Clients: CallNet Inc. and Scotia Capital.

He is also a noted researcher in the area of strategy and public policy issues in the energy and infrastructure sectors, both in Canada and internationally. His work has been published in many leading journals and has been awarded several grants. He is currently leading a multi-year research project on renewable energy in Canada and is Director (Energy) of the Lawrence Centre for Policy and Management, a centre for research and outreach on energy issues at Ivey. In addition to his teaching and research experience, Guy worked for several years as a management consultant with Bain and Company in London, England and was a founding member of the Bain South Africa office.

As a Pleva Award winner, he is a recipient of the University’s highest faculty voted teaching award. His expertise in the area of prevention and treatment of repetitive strain injuries has been called upon by the Canadian medical team at the Pan American Games, Winter Olympics, Summer Olympics, numerous World Figure Skating Competitions and the Commonwealth Games. He also serves as a consultant to industry in Loss Prevention from repetitive stress injuries and/or medically induced low back pain caused in the workplace or by recreational and leisure activities.

He has taught at leading business schools in North America and Europe including: Duke, Harvard, INSEAD, Cambridge, Penn State and IPADE. Roger is the author of numerous books including Transforming New Technologies into Cash Flow, Creating Market-Focused Strategic Paths and Winning Market Leadership. His research in the field of management problems has been published in numerous business journals. In addition to teaching, he serves on three prominent journal editorial boards, and has served as Corporate Director and on audit committees for many organizations.

Clients: General Electric, IBM, Noranda, National Semiconductor, General Motors, Ciba-Geigy, Nortel, Textron, Atomic Energy of Canada, CIL, Dresser Industries, DuPont, Hewlett-Packard, Uddeholm Steel, ICI and National Bank of Kuwait.

He has been interviewed by the popular press including: The New York Times, The Globe and Mail, National Post, Toronto Star, Ottawa Citizen, Calgary Herald and numerous other media outlets. His research activities have been published in journal articles, book chapters and conference papers covering a wide range of leadership and organizational behaviour topics. In 1999, Gerard received the Associates Award for excellence in both teaching and research. In 2005 and 2007, he received the Innovation in Teaching Award from Ivey and in 2008 received the Canadian Association of Municipalities Administrator Education Award for his work with the City of London.

Clients: Maple Leaf Foods, J.D. Irving, Vale Inco, SC Johnson, Air Canada, WestJet, TELUS, Deloitte, HSBC, Manulife, Stratford Festival, City of London, Cordon Bleu – Tomasso, Icelandic Police Department, New World Development, Kaupthing Bank, Landsbaken and Swimming Canada.

Because of his expertise, he has been called upon to consult with financial institutions, corporate groups and governments, in Canada, United States, Europe and Asia, on credit strategy, lending practices and leadership. He has led Ivey’s degree and executive development programs on its Hong Kong Campus as Associate Dean for Asia, been Associate Dean, Programs in Canada, and served as Acting Dean for Ivey. His research focusing on commercial lending and financial structure has resulted in numerous articles. In collaboration with his colleagues from Ivey, he has written ten books and cases including: The U.S. Handbook of Commercial Lending, Canadian Commercial Lending 2nd Edition, Canadian Cases in Financial Management 4th Edition, and Banks and Small Business Borrowers.

Clients: Scotiabank, HSBC, Citibank, RBC Royal Bank, BMO, Gulf Oil, IBM, TELUS, Kimberly Clark, Reebok, Hutchison Whompoa, China Light and Power, Vale Inco and Nortel.