Guy Holburn

Guy Holburn is Professor of Business, Economics and Public Policy at the Ivey Business School, University of Western Ontario. His areas of expertise are corporate governance, regulation, and business strategy, with a focus on the energy and utilities sectors. He has published widely in peer-reviewed academic journals and he has authored numerous reports on provincial and federal energy policies.

Dr. Holburn is the founder and former Director of the Ivey Energy Policy and Management Centre, Canada’s leading university-based centre for applied research on energy sector policy. He is also a director of London Hydro, a Canadian utility, a board member of the Alliance for Research on Corporate Sustainability, and a member of the Council for Clean and Reliable Energy.

Dr. Holburn has served as an expert consultant to corporations and governments in Canada and the U.S. He has provided advice on corporate governance, business strategy, economic impact assessments, competition policy, electricity regulation, pipeline regulation, and regional economic development strategy. He testified as an expert witness on utility regulation and Crown corporation governance at the Muskrat Falls Inquiry, and in 2025 he was appointed as a member of the Independent Churchill River Review Committee.

Holburn teaches both degree and executive development programs at Ivey Business School. He holds a Ph.D. and M.A. from the University of California, Berkeley, and a B.A. Hons. (First Class) from Cambridge University. Previously, Holburn worked for several years as a management consultant for Bain and Company in England and in South Africa, and for the California Public Utilities Commission.