I am a Full Professor (level 1) of Strategic Management at emlyon business school, France. Before joining emlyon in 2026, I was an Associate Professor in Management at the John Molson School of Business, Concordia University, where I held the Concordia University Research Chair in Resilience and Institutions. Faculty profile here.

My research examines Corporate Social Responsibility, sustainability, and informal economy entrepreneurship. It has been published in Academy of Management Review, Strategic Management Journal, Organization Studies, Journal of Management Studies, and Regulation & Governance, among others, and in practitioner outlets including Harvard Business Review and Stanford Social Innovation Review. Work with my co-authors received the 2025 Journal of Business Venturing Best Paper Award and was a finalist for the 2024 Academy of Management Review Best Article Award. I sit on the editorial board of the Academy of Management Review and am a guest editor of a Journal of Management Studies special issue on social and environmental responsibilities in the Global South. I am also co-developing a graphic novel on entrepreneurship in Kenya and South Africa.

Previously, I held Fellowships in International Management at King's College London and the ESSEC Philanthropy Chair in France. I hold a MS and Ph.D. in Management Strategy from ESSEC, a doctorat en sciences de gestion from the Université de Cergy Pontoise, and a BAS from York University, Toronto.