John Quelch

Dean, Vice Provost and University Professor at University of Miami Business School

Charles Edward Wilson Professor of Business Administration, Emeritus at Harvard Business School

Biography

University of Miami Business School

John Quelch became dean of the University of Miami Herbert Business School on July 1, 2017. He also serves as the University’s vice provost for executive education. Quelch has a wealth of senior leadership experience, having previously served as the dean and senior associate dean at three internationally-recognized business schools.

Prior to joining the Miami Herbert Business School, Quelch was the Charles Edward Wilson Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School. He also held a joint appointment as professor of health policy and management at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health – the first to hold dual primary appointments in those two schools, and one of only a few faculty members across Harvard University with this distinction.

Prior to his most recent time at Harvard, Quelch was dean, vice president and distinguished professor of international management of the China Europe International Business School (CEIBS) from 2011 to 2013. Under his leadership, annual revenues increased by more than 25% to over $100 million; the school’s MBA global ranking in the Financial Times improved from 24 to 15 and its Executive MBA ranking from 18 to 7; and the school launched programs to integrate faculty and staff activities across four CEIBS operations in Shanghai, Beijing, Shenzhen and Ghana.

From 1998 to 2001, Quelch served as dean of the London Business School, where he helped transform the school into a globally competitive institution and launched seed capital funds to invest in student and alumni start-ups.

Quelch initially joined Harvard Business School in 1979, holding a number of positions over the years, including Sebastian S. Kresge Professor of Marketing, co-chair of the marketing department and Lincoln Filene Professor of Business Administration. He served as senior associate dean of Harvard Business School from 2001 to 2010.

Quelch is the author, co-author or editor of 25 books, as well as numerous business case studies on leading international organizations. He also is known for his teaching materials and innovations in pedagogy; during the past 35 years, his case studies have sold more than 4 million copies.

Quelch has served on numerous corporate, nonprofit and public agency boards, including as chairman of the Massachusetts Port Authority. He is a member of the Trilateral Commission and the Council on Foreign Relations.

Quelch earned a BA and an MA from Exeter College, Oxford University; an MBA from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania; an MS from the Harvard School of Public Health; and a DBA in business from Harvard Business School.

In addition to the United Kingdom and the U.S., he has lived in Australia, Canada and China. He was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in 2011, and in 2017 was elected a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.

Education

  • Doctor of Business Administration - DBA Harvard Business School
  • Master of Science - MS Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
  • Master of Business Administration - MBA The Wharton School
  • Bachelor of Arts - BA University of Oxford

Companies

  • Dean, Vice Provost and University Professor University of Miami (2017)
  • Professor Harvard Business School (2013 — 2017)
  • Dean, Vice President and Professor China Europe International Business School (CEIBS) (2011 — 2013)
  • Senior Associate Dean and Professor Harvard Business School (2001 — 2010)
  • Dean and Professor London Business School (1998 — 2001)
  • Professor Harvard Business School (1979 — 1998)
  • Assistant Professor Western University (1977 — 1979)

Skills

  • Management
  • Higher Education
  • Consumer Behavior

Harvard Business School

John A. Quelch

John A. Quelch is the Vice Provost for Executive Education and Dean of the School of Business Administration at the University of Miami.  He is also the Charles Edward Wilson Professor of Business Administration Emeritus at Harvard Business School.  Until 2017, he also held a joint primary appointment at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health as Professor of Health Policy and Management.  In addition, he served as a Fellow of the Harvard China Fund, a Member of the Harvard China Advisory Board and Associate in Research at the Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies.

Between 2011 and 2013, Professor Quelch was Dean, Vice President and Distinguished Professor of International Management at CEIBS, China''s leading business school. Between 2001 and 2011, he was the Lincoln Filene Professor of Business Administration and Senior Associate Dean at Harvard Business School, teaching Marketing in the Advanced Management Program. He served as Dean of London Business School from 1998 to 2001. Prior to 1998, he was the Sebastian S. Kresge Professor of Marketing and Co-Chair of the Marketing Unit at Harvard Business School. 

Professor Quelch is known for his teaching materials and innovations in pedagogy.  Over the past thirty-five years, his case studies have sold over 4 million copies, third highest in HBS history.  In 1995, he developed the first HBS interactive CD-ROM exercise (on Intel''s advertising budgeting process). In 1999, he developed and presented a series of twelve one hour programs on Marketing Management for the Public Broadcasting System. He taught "Strategic Marketing Management" to more than twenty class of the HBS Advanced Management Program and launched an elective course titled "Consumers, Corporations and Public Health" to both MBA and MPH students. 

Professor Quelch is the author, co-author or editor of twenty-five books, including _ Building A Culture of Health: A New Imperative For Business _ (2016),  Consumers, Corporations and Public Health (2016),  _ All Business Is Local  (2011),  Greater Good:  How Good Marketing Makes for Better Democracy  (2008),  Business Solutions for the Global Poor: Creating Social and Economic   Value  (2007),  The New Global Brands  (2006),  Global Marketing Management  (5th edition, 2006),  The Global Market  (2005),  Cases in   Advertising and Promotion Management  (4th Edition, 1996) and  The Marketing Challenge of Europe  1992 (2nd edition, 1991). He has published eighteen articles on marketing strategy issues in the  Harvard Business Review  and many more in other leading management journals such as ** ** _ McKinsey Quarterly _ and  Sloan Management   Review. _

Professor Quelch has served as an independent director of twelve publicly listed companies in the USA and UK.  He is currently a non-executive director of Alere, a health diagnostics company, Aramark, a food service and facilities management company, and Luvo, an innovative food company. Professor Quelch has also served as a consultant, seminar leader and speaker for firms, industry associations and government agencies in more than sixty countries.  

In the area of public service, Professor Quelch served pro bono for eight years as Chairman of the Port Authority of Massachusetts. He also served as the Honorary Consul General of Morocco in New England and as Chairman of the British-American Business Council of New England.  He is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the Trilateral Commission and the Council On Foreign Relations. He received the CBE for services to British business in 2011 and holds an honorary doctorate from Vietnam National University.

Professor Quelch was born in London, United Kingdom. He was educated at Exeter College, Oxford University (BA and MA), the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania (MBA), the Harvard School of Public Health (SM) and Harvard Business School (DBA). In addition to the UK and USA, he has lived in Australia, Canada and China.

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