Francisco Veloso (born 1969) is a Portuguese academic. He is the dean of INSEAD and the former dean of the Imperial College Business School.

Francisco Veloso
Born1969
Lisbon, Portugal
Alma materUniversity of Lisbon
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
OccupationAcademic

Early life and education edit

Francisco Veloso was born in 1969 in Lisbon, Portugal.[1] He graduated from the University of Lisbon, where he earned a bachelor's degree and a master's degree.[2] In 2001, he earned a PhD from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.[1]

Career edit

Veloso began his career as an assistant professor at Carnegie Mellon University in 2002, where he became a full professor in 2011.[1] He was a professor at the Católica Lisbon School of Business & Economics in 2011, and he was the dean from 2012 to August 2017,[1] when he became the dean of the Imperial College Business School.[2][3]

Veloso has published research on the car industry and start-up spin-offs.[1]

On 4 April 2023, INSEAD announced that they will be appointing Veloso as their new Dean, starting from 1 September 2023.[4]

References edit

  1. ^ a b c d e Wise, Peter (December 1, 2013). "Meet the dean: Francisco Veloso, Católica-Lisbon". Financial Times. Retrieved November 14, 2017.
  2. ^ a b "Meet the dean". Imperial College Business School. Retrieved November 14, 2017.
  3. ^ "Imperial Gets New Dean From Lisbon". Poets & Quants. March 14, 2017. Retrieved November 14, 2017.
  4. ^ "INSEAD appoints Professor Francisco Veloso as its new Dean". INSEAD. April 4, 2023. Retrieved April 6, 2023.