Anandalingam named new Dean of Imperial College Business School

Professor G. ‘Anand’ Anandalingam

Professor G. ‘Anand’ Anandalingam, an expert in electronic markets and telecommunications networks, has been appointed Dean of Imperial College Business School and Professor of Management Science following an international search. He succeeds Professor Dorothy Griffiths OBE, who has served as Dean of the School since February 2012 following Professor David Begg’s retirement.

Currently Dean of the Robert H. Smith School of Business at the University of Maryland, USA, Professor Anandalingam, 59, will take up his role at Imperial on 1 August 2013.

As Dean of the Smith School, consistently ranked in the top 25 globally for the quality of its programs, Professor Anandalingam has introduced a range of specialised Masters courses, sought to expand the School’s global reach with degrees and executive education programs and by providing global experience for its students, and has raised over $40 million from philanthropic donors and corporate supporters.

Professor Anandalingam was the founder of the Smith School’s Center for Electronic Markets and Enterprises, and its director from 2001-2004. He has published more than 75 research papers, served as editor of a number of academic journals, and is also the co-author of the book ‘Beware the Winner’s Curse’, which critically evaluates the technology and dot.com boom of the 1990s.

Born in Cambridge, England, Professor Anandalingam was raised in Sri Lanka and subsequently took his undergraduate degree at Cambridge and his PhD at Harvard. He worked at Brookhaven National Laboratory from 1981 to 1984 before beginning his academic career at the University of Virginia in 1984. He joined the University of Pennsylvania in 1987 and had a dual appointment both as a professor of systems engineering and professor of management science at the Wharton School of Business in 1987, before joining the Smith School in 2001 and becoming its Dean in 2008.

Sir Keith O’Nions, President and Rector of Imperial said: “Anand’s passion to see Business students taught really well and for them to do great things in the world, his commitment to research excellence, and his vision for engaging strongly outside the School and the College made him the outstanding choice to lead Imperial College Business School.”

“He brings a global perspective, a talent for developing strong relationships with donors and industrial partners, and has the experience of working across disciplines that will support the Business School’s focus on academic excellence and help it to flourish within Imperial’s science, technology and medicine-focussed environment.”