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Dean
Luiss Business School, Italy
Luiss Business School, Italy
Paolo Boccardelli is the Dean at Luiss Business School, Director of its Research Centre for Business Transformation, and Full Professor of Management and Corporate Strategy at Luiss University.
He is CEO and Managing Director at Luiss Business School BV and at Amsterdam Fashion Academy.
He is also Member of the Board of Directors, Chairman of the Related Parties Committee and Member of the Control and Risk Committee at Telecom Italia. Paolo is an expert on development and implementation of quality standards in planning and implementation of organisational changes, leadership and organisation in higher education, university adaptation and change, international and comparative higher education, globalisation of higher education systems, and knowledge management.
He is Member of the AACSB Board of Directors (Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business) and also sits on many advisory boards, steering groups, and committees, both in Italy and further afield, including EFMD where he is a member of the EQUIS Committee and an Advisor of Quality Services and Processes to schools going through EQUIS accreditation for the first time.
President of the Commissione di Vigilanza sulle Società di Calcio Professionistiche (Covisoc) and President of the Commissione delle Licenze UEFA. He is currently Board member of Centro Economia Digitale, and Member of the Scientific Committee at Fondazione Lucio Papirio (publications and research on credits).
Designated Expert of International standing at the Australian Research Council and Member of the International Advisory Board, Leeds University Business School and of the UPF Barcelona School of Management He has been Member of the Board of Directors and President of the Remuneration Committee at UBI, and Member of the Board of Directors of UBISS Scarl (IT and services management company of the UBI Banca Group) in the period 2019- 2020.
Paolo is expert of leadership and author of many scholarly publications in the field of strategic management, creative industries, and business model innovation.
Renowned speaker at International Conferences, he wrote the heading “Creative Industries” of the Palgrave Dictionary on Strategic Management.
He is CEO and Managing Director at Luiss Business School BV and at Amsterdam Fashion Academy.
He is also Member of the Board of Directors, Chairman of the Related Parties Committee and Member of the Control and Risk Committee at Telecom Italia. Paolo is an expert on development and implementation of quality standards in planning and implementation of organisational changes, leadership and organisation in higher education, university adaptation and change, international and comparative higher education, globalisation of higher education systems, and knowledge management.
He is Member of the AACSB Board of Directors (Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business) and also sits on many advisory boards, steering groups, and committees, both in Italy and further afield, including EFMD where he is a member of the EQUIS Committee and an Advisor of Quality Services and Processes to schools going through EQUIS accreditation for the first time.
President of the Commissione di Vigilanza sulle Società di Calcio Professionistiche (Covisoc) and President of the Commissione delle Licenze UEFA. He is currently Board member of Centro Economia Digitale, and Member of the Scientific Committee at Fondazione Lucio Papirio (publications and research on credits).
Designated Expert of International standing at the Australian Research Council and Member of the International Advisory Board, Leeds University Business School and of the UPF Barcelona School of Management He has been Member of the Board of Directors and President of the Remuneration Committee at UBI, and Member of the Board of Directors of UBISS Scarl (IT and services management company of the UBI Banca Group) in the period 2019- 2020.
Paolo is expert of leadership and author of many scholarly publications in the field of strategic management, creative industries, and business model innovation.
Renowned speaker at International Conferences, he wrote the heading “Creative Industries” of the Palgrave Dictionary on Strategic Management.

