Pablo Martin de.Holan

Pablo Martin de.Holan. is the Dean of HEC Paris in Qatar where he also teaches Strategy and Entrepreneurship. Prior to this, he was the founding Dean at the MBSC College of Business and Entrepreneurship in KAEC, Saudi Arabia, a 350MM US start up school. He is also the co-Editor in Chief of the Journal of Management Inquiry, a respected peer-reviewed Academic journal created over 25 years ago.

Previously he was the Dean of MBAs (EMLYON France) and he also managed the Global Entrepreneurship Program with Purdue and ZJU (China) and the DBA with Lingnan - Sun Yat Sen University, China, among others. Prior to that he acted as the Vice-President of International Executive Education for EMLYON. From 2006 to 2012 he was the Chairman of the Entrepreneurial Management Department of the IE Business School in charge of all Entrepreneurship professors and programs.

His research explores the different dimensions of knowledge creation in organizations and the relation between them and sustainable competitive advantage, both in established organizations and in startups. His publications explore the problems that emerge when organizations try to implement their strategic decisions and change processes and the solutions that can be implemented. Before his PhD from McGill University, Pablo earned two Masters from the Sorbonne University in Paris.

Simultaneously to his academic career, he has worked as a consultant to several international organizations such as the World Bank (IFC), NGOs (CARE, Intermon - Oxfam) transnational corporations, state owned firms and several privately owned companies in Canada, France, Spain and Latin America. Since the beginning of his career, Pablo has taught in over 30 countries in three different languages (French, English and Spanish).

EDUCATION

• 1998 Ph.D. in Strategic Management, McGill University - Canada
• 1990 M.A. in Social Sciences, Université Paris IV Sorbonne - France
• 1989 M.A. in Sociology, Université Paris IV Sorbonne - France

ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS

Academic responsabilities at HEC

• 2019- Dean, HEC Paris in Qatar HEC Paris
• 2019- Professor (Education Track), Strategy and Business Policy HEC Paris

External Academic Responsabilities

• 2016-2019 Dean of Academic Affairs (founding) MBS College of Business and Entrepreneurship
• 2014-2016 Dean of MBAs EMLYON Business School
• 2013-2014 Vice President, International Executive Education EMLYON Business School
• 2012-2014 Visiting Professor Krannert School of Management, Purdue University
• 1998-2014 Professor in Strategy INCAE Business School
• 2005-2012 Adjunct Professor MIT (Massachussetts Institute of Technology) ZLC Program
• 2003-2012 Professor of Entrepreneurial Management & Strategy IE Business School
• 2006-2011 Chairman, Entrepreneurial Management Area IE Business School