Sanjay Sharma named JMSB Dean

The next Dean of the John Molson School of Business has solid business experience as well as a broad background in scholarship and academic administration.

Sanjay Sharma, currently the Canada Research Chair in Organizational Sustainability and Professor of Policy in the School of Business & Economics at Wilfrid Laurier University, has been appointed for a five-year term, beginning Aug. 1.

Since 2005, he has been the director of the Certified Management Accountant’s Centre for Responsible Organizations. Before joining Wilfrid Laurier, he was an associate professor and Director of Executive MBA Programs at Saint Mary’s University in Halifax.

Prior to his academic career, Sharma had 16 years of senior management experience with international corporations in the United Kingdom and India. He earned his PhD in Management in 1996 from the University of Calgary.

Announcing the appointment, President Claude Lajeunesse said, “Dr. Sharma comes to Concordia with a unique background that combines outstanding scholarship and academic leadership with 16 years of senior management experience with international corporations.

“In many ways, his career exemplifies the Concordia model of real life experience matched by academic excellence.”

We join the JMSB in thanking Jerry Tomberlin for his dedication to the development of the business school, and welcome Dr. Sharma to Concordia.