Sendil Ethiraj

Sendil Ethiraj is the Dawson Chair in Strategy and Entrepreneurship and Professor of Strategy and Entrepreneurship at London Business School. His research interests span core topics in strategic management, including innovation, competitive strategy, and managing human capital. His current research, which unites deep field research with large-scale archival data, examines contemporary issues at the intersection of strategy and policy.

Professor Ethiraj's teaching interests align with his research focus, covering innovation, competitive strategy, and managing human capital.

Originally from India, he received his PhD in Management from The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania. He served on the faculty at Ross School of Business, University of Michigan, for over a decade before joining London Business School as a Professor in 2013. He has served on the editorial boards of leading journals in his field, as Department Editor of Management Science and as Co-Editor of Strategic Management Journal. In November 2025, he was appointed as the inaugural Dawson Chair in Strategy and Entrepreneurship, a position made possible by a gift from LBS alumnus John Dawson MiFPT 1995 and his wife, Sam.