2026: PROFESSOR GERRY GEORGE

Gerry George is Group Managing Director at International Medical University in Malaysia. He is also an Academic Advisor to the Georgetown Entrepreneurship Initiative while on leave from the McDonough School of Business as the Tamsen and Michael Brown Family Professor of Entrepreneurship and Innovation. Previously, he was Dean and Lee Kong Chian Chair Professor at Singapore Management University, and has held senior academic roles at Imperial College Business School, London Business School, the University of Wisconsin–Madison, and Syracuse University.

An award-winning researcher and teacher, Professor George has published extensively in innovation, entrepreneurship, sustainability, and addressing grand societal challenges. From 2013 to 2016, he served as Editor of the Academy of Management Journal. He has also held significant leadership and teaching roles, including Academic Director of the London Stock Exchange’s Elite Program at Imperial College and teaching Growing Entrepreneurial Businesses across EMBA, MBA, and undergraduate programs.

Professor George has received numerous honours, including a Professorial Fellowship from the UK’s Economic and Social Research Council for research on socially inclusive innovation, and an honorary doctorate in economics from the University of St. Gallen. His latest book, Venture Meets Mission, adds to a substantial body of influential publications on sustainability and innovation. He is a Senior Global Fellow at the University of Pennsylvania’s Lauder Institute, a Visiting Professor at Singapore Management University, and has received distinguished alumni and fellowship recognitions from leading international institutions.