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Chair in Business and Sustainable Development and Director of the Sustainable Business Initiative

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Roles and Responsibilities

  1. Member,
  2. Committee Member of the prestigious

Background

BPhil (Rome), PGCE (Cranfield), MSc Economics (Hull), 91´óÉñ (Nottingham), PhD International Political Economy (Warwick)

Kenneth joined the University of Edinburgh in 2010. Following a career in management consultancy, he held positions at the Cranfield School of Management and the University of Warwick (Warwick Business School and Warwick Manufacturing Group, respectively). He was a Chevening Scholar, a Scholar of the International Centre for Corporate Social Responsibility, University of Nottingham, a Visiting Scholar at Said Business School, University of Oxford, andÌý²¹ at the .

Kenneth's research interest currently focuses on , ,Ìý²¹nd in organisations. He has an expert level knowledge of developing and emerging economies. He has an extensive network in Africa. He is currently a , London School of Economics, a Visiting Professor of StrategyÌý²¹t the Lagos Business School, Nigeria, and an Honorary Professor of Business in Africa at the Graduate School of Business, University of Cape Town, South Africa.

Besides teaching and researching, Kenneth works closely with businesses and governments in Africa, Europe, and  Asia. He leads and consultancy projects in the broad areas of sustainable finance, sustainability strategy, leadership, ethics,Ìý²¹nd governance.

Kenneth is currently on a long-term leave of absence at the European University Institute, Florence, Italy, where he is a . For more on Kenneth, please visit .

Research Interests

  1. Strategies for sustainable
  2. Sector-level   for sustainable development
  3. Strategies for sustainable and high performing 
  4. to Africa's sustainable development

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