Dil Sidhu

Dil has a variety of experiences from the public, private and academic sectors. He is currently Senior Advisor with edX, the leading global online learning platform founded by Harvard and MIT in 2012. Previous roles have included: Chief Content Officer, Coursera, Silicon Valley Vice Dean, Columbia Business School, New York Chief External Officer, University of Manchester, UK Director of Executive Education, London Business School Dil?s work with edX is focused on creating partnerships with academic institutions and enterprise organizations to enable the creation of content (courses through to master?s level degrees) for a global learner audience made up of students and professionals. As a Professor of Management Practice, Dil has also had the opportunity to teach at 22 universities around the world on business topics. Other interests include: Screenplay writing, serving as a trustee with youth organizations, managing a wheat farm in India and being a mentor for young professionals.

Companies

• Senior Advisor edX (2020)
• Chief Content Officer & Senior Vice President Coursera (2019 — 2020)
• Professor of Management Practice Columbia Business School Executive Education (2017 — 2020)
• Executive Education Instructor LBS / Oxford Said / Alliance Manchester / Columbia Business School (2010 — 2020)
• Vice-Dean, Columbia Business School Columbia University in the City of New York (2017 — 2019)
• Chief External Officer & Managing Director of Executive Education Alliance Manchester Business School (2013 — 2017)
• Director - Custom Corporate Executive Education London Business School (2010 — 2013)
• National Director - Working Capital Management & Business Restructuring BDO LLP (2007 — 2010)
• Deputy Chief Executive London Borough of Lambeth (2003 — 2007)

Education

• Design Architect for SIT (Systematic Inventive Thinking) (2015 — 2015)
• London Business School
• Arizona State University
• Colorado State University
• Harvard Business School
• Harvard Kennedy School
• Master of Arts - MA University of Brighton (1999 — 2001)
• Master of Business Administration - MBA Middlesex University (1994 — 1995)
• Master of Science - MSc University of West London (1992 — 1994)