Alberto Franco

Alberto Franco is Professor of Management Sciences and currently Associate Dean (Teaching) in the School of Business and Economics at Loughborough University. As a decision scientist, he has extensive consulting and research experience in heath, transport, construction, government and defence, where he has led projects to support strategic management, value-focused thinking, risk analysis, and resource allocation for over 20 years. Organisations he has worked with include: Whitbread, Bombardier, Network Rail, Ministry of Defence, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, and the World Health Organisation.

After completing a civil engineering degree at Pontificia Universidad Católica (lima, Peru), Alberto started his career as a specialist soil mechanics consultant. In 1988, he began a gradual move into academia, first lecturing in mathematics and subsequently in management science and operations management at Universidad del Pacifico (Lima, Perú). He moved to the UK in 1996 to study Operational Research (OR), and gained MSc and PhD degrees from Lancaster University and the London School of Economics (LSE), respectively. Since then he has held various positions at, among others, LSE, University of Strathclyde, University of Warwick, IE Business School (Madrid, Spain), Radboud University (Nijmegen, The Netherlands), and Universidad del Pacifico. Alberto joined Loughborough in June 2013 as Head of the Management Science and Operations Discipline Group, a role he performed until August 2016.

Education

• PhD London School of Economics and Political Science
• MSc Lancaster University
• MBA Universidad del Pacífico (PE)
• BSc Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú
• Postgraduate Certificate in Academic and Professional Practice Warwick Business School

Companies

• Radboud Research Excellence Fellow Radboud University (2021)
• Visiting Professor Radboud University Nijmegen (2017)
• Professor of Management Sciences Loughborough University (2013)
• Associate Dean (Teaching), Professor of Management Sciences Loughborough University (2017 — 2021)
• Visiting Professor University of Warwick - Warwick Business School (2017 — 2017)
• Head of Management Science and Operations Group Loughborough University (2013 — 2016)
• Professor of Problem Structuring Methods Hull University Business School (2011 — 2013)
• Visiting Adjunct Professor IE Business School (2007 — 2012)
• Associate Professor of Operational Research Warwick Business School (2006 — 2011)

Skills

• Analytical Skills
• Stakeholder Management
• Systems Theory

Other

Team Facilitation, Cognitive Mapping, Business Analytics, Workshop Facilitation, Systems Thinking, Theory, Data Analysis, Science, Modeling, Problem Structuring, Decision Support, Decision Analysis, Management, System Dynamics, University Teaching, Management Consulting, Qualitative Research, Research, Higher Education, Analysis, Strategy, Lecturing, Operations Research