Gerry George

Who is Gerry George?

Gerry George or Gerard George is professor of innovation and entrepreneurship and founding director of The Rajiv Gandhi Centre at Imperial College London. He is editor of the Academy of Management Journal, the leading journal in management and business research until 2016. This will be the first time that the editorship has moved to Europe in the journal's 60 year history. George is also the Academic Director of the London Stock Exchange's Elite Programme to promote British growth entrepreneurs scale up their businesses. The programme was launched by Minister of State for Skills and Enterprise, Matt Hancock MP.

The Rajiv Gandhi Centre, named after the former Prime Minister of India, was launched in December 2007 at Mumbai to facilitate research, technology and educational partnerships between Imperial College and Indian organisations and businesses. In 2010, he was awarded a prestigious Professorial Fellowship by the UK's Economic and Social Research Council for his research on low cost innovation and inclusive growth. From 2007 - 2009, he was an Innovation Fellow of the Advanced Institute of Management Research. He conducts executive development programmes on innovation.