Seemantini Pathak

Seemantini Pathak is an Associate Professor of Strategy and the Ihnatowycz Family Foundation Chair in Leadership, with a cross-appointment at the Thompson Center for Engineering Leadership and Innovation. She received her PhD from Arizona State University. Prior to joining Ivey Business School, she was on the faculty at the University of Missouri – St. Louis and the University of Houston, where she taught at the undergraduate, masters, and doctoral levels.

Seemantini’s research examines the interplay between strategic leadership and corporate strategy, corporate governance, and corporate social responsibility. She is also interested in examining character in the context of leadership. Her work has been published in prestigious academic publications such as the Academy of Management Review, Strategic Management Journal, the Journal of International Business Studies, The Leadership Quarterly, the Journal of Business Venturing, and Business & Society. She also writes for practitioner-oriented journals such as Organizational Dynamics and is on the Editorial Review Board for the Journal of Management.