Scott C. Beardsley is an American-French professor and academic administrator. He serves as the dean of the

Darden School of Business The Darden School of Business is the graduate business school of the University of Virginia, a public research university in Charlottesville, Virginia. The Darden School offers MBA, PhD, and Executive Education programs. The school was founded ...

at the

University of Virginia The University of Virginia (UVA) is a Public university#United States, public research university in Charlottesville, Virginia. Founded in 1819 by Thomas Jefferson, the university is ranked among the top academic institutions in the United S ...

, where he is also the Charles C. Abbott Professor of Business.

Early life

Scott C. Beardsley was born in Maine and grew up in Vermont and Alaska. He is of British descent. Beardsley graduated from

Tufts University Tufts University is a private research university on the border of Medford and Somerville, Massachusetts. It was founded in 1852 as Tufts College by Christian universalists who sought to provide a nonsectarian institution of higher learning. ...

, where he earned a Bachelor of Science in electrical engineering. He subsequently earned a master in business administration from the

MIT Sloan School of Management The MIT Sloan School of Management (MIT Sloan or Sloan) is the business school of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, a private university in Cambridge, Massachusetts. MIT Sloan offers bachelor's, master's, and doctoral degree programs, ...

. He earned a doctorate of education in Higher Education Management from the

University of Pennsylvania The University of Pennsylvania (also known as Penn or UPenn) is a private research university in Philadelphia. It is the fourth-oldest institution of higher education in the United States and is ranked among the highest-regarded universitie ...

in 2015.

Career

Beardsley worked for

McKinsey & Company McKinsey & Company is a global management consulting firm founded in 1926 by University of Chicago professor James O. McKinsey, that offers professional services to corporations, governments, and other organizations. McKinsey is the oldest and ...

for 26 years. He joined their New York City office in 1989, and was transferred to their office in Brussels, Belgium in 1991. He became a partner in 1995, and a senior partner in 2000. He served as McKinsey's head of talent development and co-founder of the McKinsey Academy. Beadsley succeeded

Robert Bruner Robert F. Bruner is University Professor at the University of Virginia, Distinguished Professor of Business Administration, and Dean Emeritus of the Darden School of Business. He was the eighth dean of Darden and has been a faculty member there s ...

as the dean of the Darden School of Business at the University of Virginia in August 2015. He is also the Charles C. Abbott Professor of Business at UVA. Beardsley is the former chair of the American Chamber of Commerce in Belgium.

Personal life

Beardsley is married to Claire Dufournet, a native of

Annecy Annecy ( , ; frp, Èneci or ) is the prefecture and largest city of the Haute-Savoie department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region of Southeastern France. It lies on the northern tip of Lake Annecy, south of Geneva, Switzerland. Nicknamed ...

, France. He is a dual US-French citizen.

References

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