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Experience

Margaret Ormiston is on the faculty in Management at George Washington University. Prior to joining GW, Margaret was on the faculty at London Business School. She received her doctorate in Business Administration and Industrial Relations from University of California, Berkeley. Prior to obtaining her Ph.D., Margaret worked as a research analyst at the Center for Effective Organizations, at the University of Southern California and as a research analyst at a litigation consulting firm in Los Angeles. Her research examines the underlying psychological processes that influence team and organizational performance in small groups as well as top management teams. Margaret’s research is published in leading academic journals including Academy of Management Journal, Journal of Applied Psychology, Psychological Science, Personnel Psychology, and Leadership Quarterly as well as other outlets including Harvard Business Review, Wall Street Journal, Time Magazine, MSNBC, National Public Radio, Ted Talk.

Margaret teaches on the PhD, MBA and undergraduate programs at GW as well as at London Business School. She has been awarded the 2023, 2022, 2021, 2019 and 2018 Student Choice Award for Teaching Excellence and nominated for the 2021 and 2018 university-wide Bender Teaching Award. She has taught and consulted with numerous global and start-up organizations including Ericsson, Prudential, Deutsche Bank, Oman Oil, HSBC, Central Bank of the Republic of Turkey, and Vinted

Experience

Laura Giurge is an award-winning organizational scholar who explores the science of how to do, and be, our best at work. She is currently an Assistant Professor at London School of Economics (LSE), where she is leading a hands-on course for executive and full-time MBA students on the science of time at work and beyond. She is an expert in organizational behavior, specializing in workplace well-being and the new future of work. She published her research in premier academic journals, such as Organizational Behavioural and Human Decision Processes, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Nature Human Behaviour, and The Leadership Quarterly. Her research has been recognized with various awards and grants including the 2020 Best Paper Award at the Academy of Management.

She is passionate about science communication and has written about her insights in popular press articles, such as Harvard Business Review, Forbes, and The Wall Street Journal. Laura consults with and delivers engaging keynotes to prominent companies, including Microsoft and McKinsey. Laura’s findings resonate worldwide and have been featured in The New York Times, Financial Times, and The Economist.

Laura earned her PhD in Management within 4 years from Erasmus University Rotterdam. She holds two master’s degrees (graduated with honors) in Economics and Business and in Human Resources Management from the University of Groningen. In 2011, she won a prestigious Dutch National Scholarship for exceptional academic achievements and her master thesis won the best research paper award of 2012. Prior to joining LSE, she has been a postdoctoral research fellow at Cornell University and London Business School, and a visiting scholar at Harvard Business School.

Along her academic career, Laura is also a photographer and illustrator, seeking to translate research and non-research insights into visual expressions that she occasionally posts on Instagram. You can learn more about Laura and connect with her via her website.

Academic Focus

Dominic teaches strategy, values and corporate transformation. He combines his teaching work with independent consultancy assignments and board appointments.

Experience

Dominic is Adjunct Professor in Strategic and Entrepreneurial Management at London Business School, where he has held a Faculty position alongside his other professional interests since 1995.

Previously, Dominic was Group Strategy Director for Blue Circle Industries plc and earlier worked for The Boston Consulting Group in the UK, Spain and Mexico. He is a Governor and Council Member of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution and a Board member of the Clore Social Leadership Foundation where he chairs the Audit and Risk Committee.

At London Business School Dominic teaches across the full range of graduate degree programmes and is a multiple winner of teaching awards. He is Academic Director for the School’s Global Business Consortium, which is for small groups of leaders moving into the most senior positions at Oracle, Mars, Johnson & Johnson, BUPA, DP World and Emirates Group. He is also Academic Director and lead Faculty for the School’s open programme, “Executing Strategy for Results”, a one-week programme for leaders from a wide range of UK and international businesses and public sector bodies.

Dominic’s advisory work beyond London Business School focuses on strategy execution, where he brings a unique mix of theory, practical experience, and insight to his work. Currently, he is advising the Executive Board of the Qatar Foundation and senior management of Cello Health plc. From 2013 to 2017 he worked with Deloitte to develop and co-lead the firm’s Growth Escalator programme, for a wide range of CEO’s of UK mid-market clients. In 2019 Dominic co-led a series of workshops for the CEO’s of UK mid-market companies backed by Close Brothers Private Equity, to develop sustainable exit strategies. From 2011 to 2019 he was the lead shareholder and Board member for his family’s farming company in Argentina, directing a successful turnaround and sale of the business.

Dominic’s articles have appeared in a broad range of publications, including Harvard Business Review and MIT Sloan Management Review. In 2019 Kogan Page published his latest co-authored book: “How Philosophy Can Teach You to Be a Better Leader”.

Dominic has an MA in History from Cambridge University, an MBA from Stanford Business School and an MPhil by Research in Philosophy from Buckingham University with Distinction.

Academic Focus

An expert in leadership and strategy execution, David integrates theory and practice based on his experience in business management and as a consultant, alongside his ongoing research into adaptive leadership – which focuses on the ability of teams and organisations to thrive through uncertain and complex situations.

Recent Clients

Generali, First Abu Dhabi Bank, Ipsen Biotech, Gulf Business Machines, SAP, Pertrofac, Dubai Airports, Nestle.

Experience

David has 35 years of experience in business, consulting and academia. He is a consultant, researcher, sought-after speaker and author working with business leaders across Europe, the US, the Middle East, Africa, China and India. In 2019, he was cited on the Thinkers 50 Radar of top global management thinkers. David has held senior positions in academia as head of department, and in business as a managing director. As an entrepreneur he has successfully grown and sold ventures in business consulting and software. David is also known for designing and facilitating executive programmes that are experiential, memorable and impactful.

In 2019, David co-authored, “What Philosophy Can Teach You About Being a Better Leader”. The book is an account of how we can reconnect companies, people and shareholder interests. It answers perennial leadership concerns regarding strategy formulation and execution, people engagement, key performance indicators and generational differences through the lens of philosophy.

Experience

Dr Stefano De Cesaris’s has over 15 years of experience teaching financial analysis to professional and student audiences worldwide. His professional background is in investment banking; he worked at Goldman Sachs in M&A and Equity research at the start of his career and has subsequently continued to work with investment banks and investment funds as a consultant and trainer.

Stefano’s key area of expertise is hands-on corporate financial analysis, along the spectrum of financial accounting and financial statement analysis, corporate financial forecasting, corporate valuation and transaction analysis (M&A and LBO analysis).

Experience

Stephane is a culturally agile business psychologist focused on achieving results through people, balancing strong strategic acumen with hands-on experience. A change agent, he has a proven track record of helping organizations enhance their capabilities and effectiveness by making the most of its human capital, fostering innovative ecosystems to improve productivity, creativity, and quality. He’s particularly strong in translating business strategy into actionable people and culture programs to drive business growth

Stephane has over 25 years of external and internal experience in directing and implementing HR/OD programmes for Fortune 500 organisations and the public sector across Asia-Pacific, North America, and Europe.