Gerry George is the Dean's Executive-in-Residence and Academic Advisor to the Georgetown Entrepreneurship Initiative at McDonough School of Business, having previously served as Tamsen and Michael Brown Family Professor of Entrepreneurship and Innovation. He is Group Managing Director at International Medical University (Malaysia), an investment of the TPG Rise Fund where he was Senior Advisor. Previously, he held leadership and professorial roles at Singapore Management University, Imperial College London, London Business School, University of Wisconsin-Madison and Syracuse University.
An award-winning researcher and teacher, Professor George has published extensively in innovation, entrepreneurship, sustainability and tackling grand challenges in society, and achieved the Web of Science Highly Cited Researcher distinction for Cross-Field Impact and is ranked among the Top 1% of scientists globally. He served as Editor of the Academy of Management Journal, the flagship empirical journal in the field of management. At Imperial, he was Academic Director of the London Stock Exchange’s Elite Program supporting private companies through their next stage of growth.
Among other distinctions, he was awarded a prestigious Professorial Fellowship from the UK's Economic and Social Research Council to work on socially-inclusive innovation in healthcare, natural resources, and energy. His book Venture Meets Mission (with Arun Gupta and Tom Fewer) published by Stanford University Press in 2024 (featured as National Bestseller, USA Today #11, McKinsey Sustainability Book of the Year). His other co-authored books include Handbook on the Business of Sustainability (Edward Elgar, 2022), Handbook of Inclusive Innovation (Edward Elgar, 2019), Managing Natural Resources (Edward Elgar, 2018), The Business Model Book (Pearson, 2018), Implausible Opportunities (Cambridge Press, 2012), and Inventing Entrepreneurs (Pearson, 2009).
Professor George received an honorary doctorate in economics from the University of St. Gallen for contributions to the fields of strategic management, innovation and entrepreneurship. He was conferred Fellowship of the City & Guilds of London Institute and Distinguished Alumnus Award from Birla Institute of Technology & Science (Pilani). He is Visiting Professor at Singapore Management University.
Academic Appointment(s)
- Primary
- Professor, MSB - Management Area