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Faculty and Staff

Faculty and staff in the Department of Business are divided into the following areas:

Faculty, Accounting

Leslie Berger
Associate Professor
KPMG Foundation Fellowship in Accounting

Kai Chen
Assistant Professor

Ling Chu
Professor
Area Coordinator, Accounting
KPMG Foundation Fellow in Accounting

Jonathan Farrar
Associate Professor

Allan Foerster
Lecturer
Director of MBA-CPA Program

Lan Guo
Associate Professor
Grant Thornton LLP Fellow in Accounting

Darren Henderson
Associate Professor
William Birchall Foundation Fellowship

Xiaoran (Jason) Jia
Lecturer

Sarin John
Assistant Professor

Helena Keirstead
Lecturer

Brent Koritko
Lecturer

Susan Lade
Lecturer

Eve Lamargot
Assistant Professor

Dorian Lane
Assistant Professor

Laura MacDonald
Associate Professor

Carolyn MacTavish
Associate Professor

Esther Maier
Associate Professor

Kaleab Mamo
Assistant Professor

Robert Mathieu
Professor
Linamar Fellow in Accounting
Director, CPA Ontario Centre for Capital Markets and Behavioral Decision Making

Chima Mbagwu
Associate Professor
Associate Dean: Undergraduate Programs
BBA Program Director

Bruce McConomy
Professor
Director, Graduate Diploma in Accounting/CPA Accreditation
KPMG Foundation Fellowship in Accounting

James Moore
Associate Professor

Flora Niu
Associate Professor

Christopher Wong
Assistant Professor

Bixia Xu
Associate Professor

Tao Zeng
Associate Professor

Faculty, Business Technology Management (BTM)

Rima El-Khatib
Assistant Professor

Aydin Farrokhi
Lecturer

Oliver Masakure
Associate Professor
Program Director and Area Coordinator, BTM

Rosemary A. McGowan
Associate Professor

Patricia Genoe McLaren
Associate Vice President: Academic
Associate Professor

Josephine McMurray
Associate Professor

Akbar M. Saeed
Associate Professor

Faculty, Finance

Diego Amaya
Assistant Professor
Goldberg Family Foundation Fellow in Finance

Anne Dyhrberg
Assistant Professor

Hira Amjad
Lecturer

Michael Brolley
Assistant Professor
Area Coordinator, Finance

Peter Carayannopoulos
Professor

Ernie Cosgrove
Lecturer

Bruce Everitt
Lecturer

Paquita Freire
Lecturer

Anne Haubo Dyhrberg
Assistant Professor

Madhu Kalimipalli
Professor
Director, PhD and Research-based Master’s Programs in Management

Mary Kelly
Professor
Assurance of Learning (AoL) Coordinator
Chair of Insurance

Sanghyun (Hugh) Kim
Assistant Professor

Si Li
Associate Professor
Director, Financial Services Research Centre

Thomas Marta
Assistant Professor

William McNally
Professor

Subhankar Nayak
Associate Professor

M. Fabricio Perez
Associate Professor
Arthur Wesley Downe Professorship in Finance

Gerry Ramos
Lecturer

Andriy Shkilko
Professor
Canada Research Chair (Tier II) - Financial Markets

Brian Smith
Professor
BMO Financial Group Professorship in Entrepreneurial Finance

Ning (Tony) Tang
Associate Professor
Director, Master in Finance Program

Aadhaar Verma
Assistant Professor

Jin Wang
Associate Professor

Faculty, Marketing

Osama Butt
Assistant Professor

Shirley Chen
Assistant Professor

Nicole Coviello
Professor
Lazaridis Chair in International Entrepreneurship & Innovation

J. Brad Davis
Associate Professor
Associate Director, MBA Programs

Lisa Giguere
Lecturer

Tripat Gill
Associate Professor
Laurier Research Chair in Consumer Insights & Innovation

Hillbun (Dixon) Ho
Associate Professor

Hae Joo Kim
Associate Professor

Ammara Mahmood
Assistant Professor

Ebrahim Mazaheri
Associate Professor

Kalyani Menon
Interim Dean, Lazaridis School of Business and Economics
Associate Professor

Michael Moorhouse
Assistant Professor

Saurabh Mukesh Rawal
Assistant Professor

Chun (Martin) Qiu
Associate Professor

Chatura Ranaweera
Professor
Area Coordinator, Marketing

Gregory Tanguay
Assistant Professor

Fang Wang
Professor

Sarah Wilner
Associate Professor
Laurier Chair in Brand Communication

Ping Zhao
Associate Professor

Faculty, Operations and Decision Sciences (ODS)

Mojtaba Araghi
Associate Professor

Michael Blair
Assistant Professor

Ignacio Castillo
Professor
Associate Dean of Business: Graduate Programs

Mitali De
Professor
Senior Advisor, Internationalization

Hamid Elahi
Assistant Professor

Jiejian Feng
Assistant Professor

Salar Ghamat
Assistant Professor

Michael Haughton
Professor
CN Fellowship in Supply Chain Management

Jason Hurley
Assistant Professor

Sapna Isotupa
Professor
Associate Dean of Business: Faculty Development and Research

Saman Lagzi
Assistant Professor

Qiang Li
Assistant Professor

Hamid Noori
Professor
Area Coordinator, ODS

Michael J. Pavlin
Associate Professor
Director, Master of Science in Management Analytics (MMA)
William Birchall Chair in Management Analytics

Peruvemba Ravi
Associate Professor
M-O Director for the Centre in Supply Chain Management

Chunming (Victor) Shi
Associate Professor

Hari Stirbet
Lecturer

Mark Wagner
Assistant Professor

David Wheatley
Assistant Professor

Aiqi Zhang
Assistant Professor

Xuan Zhao
Professor

Faculty, Organizational Behaviour and Human Resource Management (OB/HRM)

Tatiana Astray
Assistant Professor

Dan Brady
Assistant Professor

Amy Christie
Associate Professor

Hamsa Gururaj
Lecturer

Eva Huang
Assistant Professor

Greg Irving
Professor

Lisa Keeping
Professor

Catherine Lam
Associate Professor

Jie (Kassie) Li
Assistant Professor

Lindie Liang
Assistant Professor

Kim Morouney
Associate Professor
Managing Director, Lazaridis Institute for the Management of Technology Enterprises

Steve Risavy
Assistant Professor

Chet Robie
Professor

Oluseyi (Seyy) Sode
Assistant Professor

Simon Taggar
Professor
MBA Director

Timothy Wingate
Assistant Professor

Meredith Woodwark
Assistant Professor

Yongheng (Angus) Yao
Assistant Professor

Yujie (Jessie) Zhan
Associate Professor
Area Coordinator, Organizational Behaviour and Human Resource Management

Chris (Guolei) Zhang
Assistant Professor

Faculty, Strategic Management

Abhijith Acharya
Associate Professor

Laura Allan
Assistant Professor

John Banks
Associate Professor
Area Coordinator, Strategic Management

Carmel Branston
Lecturer

Ke Cao
Assistant Professor

Sofy Carayannopoulos
Associate Professor

Barry A. Colbert
Associate Professor
Director, The Co-operators Centre for Business and Sustainability

Anne Domurath
Assistant Professor

Scott C. Ensign
Associate Professor
Dobson Professor of Innovation and Entrepreneurship

Sebastian P. L. Fourné
Assistant Professor

Leanne Hagarty
Lecturer

Valerie Irie
Lecturer

Micheál J. Kelly
Former Dean 2012-22, Lazaridis School of Business & Economics
Professor

Manu Mahbubani
Lecturer

Brandon Mattalo
Assistant Professor

Nina Rosenbusch
Associate Professor

Karin Schnarr
Associate Professor

Hari Stirbet
Lecturer

David Swanston
Lecturer

Daniel Waeger
Associate Professor

Sepideh Yeganegi
Assistant Professor

Professor Emeriti and Retired Faculty

Ben Amoako-Adu 
Professor Emeritus

Mark Baetz
Professor Emeritus

William Banks
Professor Emeritus

David Blenkhorn 
Professor Emeritus

Phelim Boyle
Professor

Ruth Cruikshank
Professor Emeritus

Gene Deszca 
Professor Emeritus

James Fisher
Professor Emeritus

Reg Haney 
Professor Emeritus

Kevin Hendricks
Professor

Charlotte Heywood
Professor Emeritus

John Jenkins
Professor Emeritus

Shailendra Jha
Professor Emeritus

James McCutcheon
Professor Emeritus

Shelley McGill
Interim Dean Emeritus
Professor Emeritus

Hugh Munro 
Professor Emeritus

J. Alex Murray
Professor Emeritus

Morton Nelson
Professor Emeritus

Detlev Nitsch
Professor Emeritus

Stephen Preece
Associate Professor

Jack (Jacques) A. Schnabel
Professor

Rolf Seringhaus
Professor Emeritus

Brian Warrack
Professor Emeritus

Staff

Bethany Ankucza
Academic Advisor, Undergraduate Business and Economics

Fitore Aliu
Graduate Program Assistant

Lobna Badra
Financial Operations and Research Support Administrator

Melody Barfoot
Academic Advisor, Undergraduate Business and Economics

Sara Bingham
Associate Director, Women Entrepreneurship Centre

Emily Boden
Marketing and Communications Manager, Lazaridis Institute

Brenda Burns
Graduate Recruitment Officer

Ekene Chiedozie
Graduate Programs Assistant

Andreea Ciucurita
Accreditation and Continuous Improvement Manager

Sorina Ciucurita
Financial Administrator

Mark Cormier
Technical Support Specialist

Britwin Dias
Administrative Coordinator, Department of Business

Lindsay Douglas
Faculty and Graduate Programs Assistant, Economics

Sonia Gallardo
Program Assistant, StartUp Lab

Patrycja Gadomski
Manager, Marketing and Recruitment

Kailey Gomez
Data Analyst, Accreditation and Continuous Improvement

Tyler Hall
Digital Marketing Coordinator, Lazaridis Institute

Sharon Han
Intermediate Administrative Assistant, Business 

Taylor Hendry
Academic Programs and Accreditation Coordinator

Christine Hauck
Administrative Assistant, Undergraduate Business Programs

Danielle Havelka Leen
Director of Development

Debbie Hopkins
Graduate Programs Assistant

Frances Humphreys
Associate Director, Career Development and External Relations

Helen Kaluzny
Administrative Coordinator, Economics Programs

Adrian Krebs
StartUp Lab Program Lead

Eric Leclerc
Manager, Marketing and Recruitment

Erin Leroux
Program Coordinator, Women's Entrepreneurship Centre

Michael Lisetto-Smith
Senior Administrative Officer

Victoria MacKenzie
Graduate Recruitment Officer

Conor McCargar
Executive Education Manager, Lazaridis Institute

Julia McDonell
Marketing & Communications Coordinator, Lazaridis Institute

Fabiana Menezes
Curriculum Coordinator, Executive Education, Lazaridis Institute

Eileen Morouney
Coordinator: Petitions and Student Clubs, Undergraduate Business Programs

Amy Neufeld
Academic Advisor, Undergraduate Business and Economics

Lauren Osborne
Academic Advisor, Undergraduate Business and Economics

Vanessa Pagotto
Administrative Assistant, Office of the Dean

Holly Paterson
Marketing and Communications Coordinator

Laura Peace
Career Consultant, Lazaridis Graduate Programs

Megan Piticco
Marketing and Communications Coordinator

Michael Phoenix
Technical Support Specialist

Bojan Popić
Intermediate Administrative Assistant to the Dean

Dorota Rams Skazinski
Career Consultant, Lazaridis Graduate Programs

Sally Ramsammy
Manager, Financial Operations

Shobha Rana
Administrative Assistant, Lazaridis Institute

Isaac Santi
Manager, Lazaridis Undergraduate Office

Indera Singh
Intermediate Administrative Assistant (BTM, ODS, OB/HRM and Policy)

Jessica Smith
Marketing and Communications Coordinator

Kate Tippin
Director of External Relations

Chau Truong-Wood
Field Study and Immersive Learning Coordinator

Karen Tscherner
Associate Director, Lazaridis Institute

Emma Twells
Immersive Learning Coordinator

Tafadzwa Ushe
Technical Support Specialist

Anita Velanoff
Program Accommodations & Double Degree Petitions Coordinator

Jason Whalen
Manager, StartUp Lab

Annmarie White
Admissions and Student Success Officer

Aparna Yadav
Business Process Coordinator

Jahnavi Yadav
Program Coordinator, Lazaridis Institute

 

Hillary Beaudry (on leave)
Project and Curriculum Coordinator

Abhinav Bhargav (on leave)
Graduate Program Assistant

Kelly Brown (on leave)
Admissions and Student Success Officer

Karen Cleaver (on leave)
Intermediate Administrative Assistant

Joanna Johnson-Velji (on leave)
Funding and Finances Coordinator, Lazaridis Institute

Milena Morrison (on leave)
Admissions and Student Success Officer