Current

Bill Harley (Chair)

Bill Harley is Professor of Management (Human Resource Management and Organisation Studies) in the Faculty of Business and Economics at the University of Melbourne. He has previously served as General Editor (2012 – 2015) and Associate Editor (2010 – 2012) of the Journal of Management Studies.

Bill became Chair of SAMS Council in 2019

Online Profile: http://www.findanexpert.unimelb.edu.au/display/person3196

For a more detailed biography of Professor Harley as General Editor of JMS, please click here.

Sabina Keston-Siebert (Deputy Chair)



Professor Keston-Siebert is currently a Professor of Management in the Adam Smith Business School, University of Glasgow and Deputy Chair of SAMS.

Online Profile: http://www.gla.ac.uk/schools/business/staff/sabinasiebert/

Robert Blackburn (Treasurer)

Professor Blackburn is a professor of Entrepreneurship at the University of Liverpool Management School. He became Treasurer in 2017.

Online Profile: https://www.liverpool.ac.uk/management/staff/robert-blackburn/

Stephen Bach

Professor Stephen Bach is Executive Dean at King’s Business School and King’s College London Interim Vice President (People & Talent).

Online profile: Professor Stephen Bach (kcl.ac.uk)

Julia Brennecke

Julia Brennecke is a Professor of Innovation Management at the University of Liverpool, UK and at the University of Potsdam, Germany.

Online profile: https://www.liverpool.ac.uk/management/staff/julia-brennecke/

Andrew Corbett

Professor Corbett is Professor of Entrepreneurship and Faculty Director for the John E. & Alice L. Butler Venture Accelerator at Babson College, USA.

Online Profile: www.babson.edu/Academics/faculty/profiles/Pages/corbett-andrew.aspx

For a more comprehensive biography of Professor Corbett’s time as General Editor of JMS, please click here.

Penny Dick



Penny Dick is a Professor of Organisational Psychology and Research Development Director for Work, Employment and Organisations at Sheffield University.

Online Profile: https://www.sheffield.ac.uk/management/people/academic-staff/penny-dick


Olga Epitropaki



Olga Epitropaki is Deputy Executive Dean (Research) at Durham University.

Online profile: Professor Olga Epitropaki- Durham University Business School

Bill Foster



Bill Foster is a Professor of Management at Augustana Campus, University of Alberta

Online Profile: https://sites.ualberta.ca/~wfoster/home.htm

Annabelle Gawer

Professor Gawer is a Chaired Professor in Digital Economy and the Director of the Centre in Digital Economy (CoDE) at the University of Surrey. She is a Visiting Professor in Strategy and Innovation at the University of Oxford Saïd Business School.

Online Profile: www.surrey.ac.uk/people/annabelle-gawer 

Marcus Gomes



Dr Marcus Gomes is a Senior Lecturer in Organisation Studies and Sustainability at Cardiff Business School.

Online Profile: Dr Marcus Gomes – People – Cardiff University

Pitosh Heyden



Pitosh Heyden is an Associate Professor of Strategy and International Business in the Department of Management at the Monash Business School.

Online Profile: https://www.monash.edu/business/our-people/pitosh-heyden

Maddy Janssens



Maddy Janssens is a Professor at the Department of Work and Organisation Studies, Faculty of Economics and Business, KU Leuven, Belgium. 

Online profile: KU Leuven who’s who – Maddy Janssens

Paula Jarzabkowski

Paula Jarzabkowski is a Professor of Strategic Management. Her research focuses on strategy-as-practice in complex contexts, such as regulated firms, third sector organizations and financial services, particularly insurance and reinsurance.

Online Profile: https://www.bayes.city.ac.uk/faculties-and-research/experts/paula-jarzabkowski 

Wendy Loretto



Professor Loretto is Dean of the Business School at the University of Edinburgh and a Professor of Organisational Behaviour.

Online Profile: https://www.business-school.ed.ac.uk/staff/wendy-loretto

Klaus Meyer

Professor Meyer is Professor of International Business at Ivey Business School, Canada , and Adjunct Professor (honorary) at Copenhagen Business School, Denmark.

Online Profile: https://www.ivey.uwo.ca/faculty/directory/klaus-meyer/

Gerardo Patriotta



Gerardo Patriotta is a Professor in the fields of organisational sensemaking, institutional theory and organisation theory.

Online profile: https://researchportal.bath.ac.uk/en/persons/gerardo-patriotta

Juliane Reinecke



Juliane Reinecke is a Professor of International Management & Sustainability and Associate Dean (Impact & Innovation) at King’s College London.

Online Profile: https://www.kcl.ac.uk/people/juliane-reinecke

Thomas Roulet



Thomas Roulet is a Senior Lecturer at University of Cambridge Judge Business School. He is a Senior Lecturer in Organisation Theory.  

Online Profile: https://www.jbs.cam.ac.uk/faculty-research/faculty-a-z/thomas-roulet/

Andrew Sturdy



Andrew Sturdy is a Professor in Management at the University of Bristol. 

Online profile: Professor Andrew Sturdy – Our People (bristol.ac.uk)

Roy Suddaby

Professor Suddaby is holder of the Francis G. Winspear Chair and Director of Research at the Peter B. Gustavson School of Business at the University of Victoria, Canada. He is an honorary professor at Copenhagen Business School.

Online Profile: www.uvic.ca/gustavson/faculty/faculty/faculty/current/suddabyr.php

Christos Tsinopoulos



Professor Christos Tsinopoulos is the Executive Dean of the School of Business and Management at Royal Holloway, University of London.

Online Profile: https://www.dur.ac.uk/business/about/our-people/search-results/?id=902 

Ruth Woodfield



Ruth Woodfield is a Professor of Equalities and Organisation in the School of Management at the University of St Andrews.

Online profile: Prof Ruth Woodfield – School of Management (st-andrews.ac.uk)