Francisco Veloso (born 1969) is a Portuguese academic. He is the dean of the

Imperial College Business School Imperial College Business School is the graduate business school of Imperial College London in the UK. In 2004, the business school was opened by Queen Elizabeth II. History In 1851, the Great Exhibition was the first World's Fair, organized by ...

Early life and education

Francisco Veloso was born in 1969 in Lisbon, Portugal. He graduated from the University of Lisbon, where he earned a bachelor's degree and a master's degree. In 2001, he earned a PhD from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Career

Veloso began his career as an assistant professor at

Carnegie Mellon University Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) is a private research university in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. One of its predecessors was established in 1900 by Andrew Carnegie as the Carnegie Technical Schools; it became the Carnegie Institute of Technology ...

in 2002, where he became a full professor in 2011. He was a professor at the Católica Lisbon School of Business & Economics in 2011, and he was the dean from 2012 to August 2017, when he became the dean of the Imperial College Business School. Veloso has published research on the car industry and start-up spin-offs. On 4 April 2023,

INSEAD INSEAD, a contraction of "Institut Européen d'Administration des Affaires" () is a non-profit business school that maintains campuses in Europe ( Fontainebleau, France), Asia (Singapore), the Middle East (Abu Dhabi, UAE), and North America (San ...

announced that they will be appointing Veloso as their new Dean, starting from 1 September 2023.

References

Living people 1969 births People from Lisbon University of Lisbon alumni Massachusetts Institute of Technology alumni Academics of Imperial College London Portuguese academics Business school deans Portuguese academic administrators {{London-stub