April 19, 2006 Source: :
http://www.dal.ca/news/media/2006/2006-04-19.html David Wheeler Appointed Faculty of Management Dean Tom Traves, President and Vice Chancellor is pleased to announce the appointment of Dr. David Wheeler as Dean of our Faculty of Management effective July 1, 2006. Dr. Wheeler is currently Erivan K. Haub Professor of Business and Sustainability at York University's Schulich School of Business, Toronto. He was also the Founding Director of the York Institute for Research and Innovation in Sustainability – a strategic initiative of York University embracing all ten faculties. Prior to that appointment, he was a member of the senior management team of The Body Shop International, a multi-national cosmetics firm known for its active promotion of social and environmental causes. David takes over the Deanship at an exciting time for the Faculty of Management. His own career, in which he has held leadership roles in the public and private sectors, industry, politics and the academy, has provided an outstanding preparation for the position of Dean of our Faculty of Management. Originally trained as a health scientist, Dr. Wheeler is keen to strengthen links between the Faculty of Management and other Faculties at Dalhousie in order to further enhance opportunities for students and faculty to make a difference through their management careers - in business, in the public services and professions and in the world of not-for-profit organizations. His current work spans programs of enterprise development in Africa (including in post-conflict Sudan), strategic change processes in international financial institutions, and research into how capital markets reward social, environmental and corporate governance performance. He holds a number of research awards and honorary roles and has recently founded a charitable foundation committed to the promotion of sustainable enterprise in the developing world. The Faculty of Management comprises four Schools: the School of Business Administration, the School of Public Administration, the School of Information Management and the School of Resource and Environmental Studies. Our Faculty of Management has a holistic and values-based approach to management education and research and is united by the philosophy of ‘Management Without Borders’. The Faculty is also home to five research centres: the Eco-Efficiency Centre, the Centre for Management Informatics, the Norman Newman Centre for Entrepreneurship, the RBC Centre for Risk Management and the Centre for International Business Studies. About Dalhousie: Dalhousie is a comprehensive, research-intensive university with more than 15,500 students. In The Scientist magazine, it was recently named one of the best non-commercial places to work as a scientific researcher outside the United States. Media inquiries, contact:
John MacDonald,
Faculty of Management
john.j.macdonald@dal.ca
Phone: (902) 494-2542
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