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Associate Professor, Business, Economics and Public Policy

• Director, Ivey Energy Policy and Management Centre

• Suncor Chair in Energy Policy

Education

• BA Hons, First Class - Cambridge University
• MA, University of California - Berkeley
• PhD, University of California - Berkeley

Contact Information

• Office: LNCPM 1N66
• Phone: 519-661-4247
• Email: gholburn@ivey.uwo.ca

Profile

Guy Holburn is an Associate Professor at Ivey in the Business, Economics and Public Policy group. His area of expertise is in the intersection of business strategy and public policy: how political, regulatory and social institutions affect firms' market strategies; and how firms in turn manage their institutional environment through government relations, stakeholder management, public communications and lobbying strategies. Much of his research is applied to strategy and policy issues in the utilities sector, particularly in the electric power industry.

Holburn joined Ivey in July 2001 after completing his Ph.D. in Business Administration (strategy) and M.A. in Economics at the  University of California, Berkeley. At Ivey he is also the Director of Ivey Energy Policy & Management Centre, the centre for research and outreach on national energy issues. Prior to his Ph.D. studies, Holburn 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. His undergraduate degree is from Cambridge University.

Teaching

• Business, Economics and Public Policy

Research/Course Development

• Renewable energy
• Corporate political strategy
• Stakeholder management
• International investment strategy

Experience

• Research Fellow, California Public Utilities Commission (1999-2000)
• Teaching Assistant, Haas School of Business, University of California, Berkeley (1996-2001)
• Consultant, Bain & Company, London, U.K. and Capetown, South Africa (1993-1995)