Paolo Boccardelli

Rector, Luiss University

Paolo Boccardelli is the Rector of Luiss University, Rome (Italy) since June 2024. A full professor of Economics and Management of Corporate Strategy at Luiss University since 2011 (Associate professor since 2004), he was Director (until July 2024) and is now Chairman of the Research Center in Strategic Change “Franco Fontana”.

He was Dean of the Luiss Business School from 2015 to May 2022, after serving as Dean for the international development at the same School from 2011 to 2015. During his mandate, the Luiss Business School achieved the Equis and the AMBA accreditations, and it initiated the AACSB (Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business) accreditation process. He was awarded the “Luiss Engaged Research Award” in June 2024.His main research areas are Business Strategy, Resources and Dynamic Capabilities View, Institution-based View.

He is part of the group of Experts of International Standing at the Australian Research Council.

He has been a member of the Equis Committee and he is an expert in Equis and EFMD on quality services and processes for schools pursuing Equis accreditation. He was a member of the AACSB Board of Directors.

He is a member of the International Advisory Board of the Leeds University Business School, of the Universidad Pompeu Fabra – Barcelona School of Management, as well as of the University of Stavanger School of Business and Law.

He is Chair of the Scientific Committee of the Lars Magnus Ericsson Foundation.

He was member of the “Nucleo di Valutazione Federato” at the Scuola Normale Superiore-Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna-Scuola Universitaria Superiore Pavia, Vice President of the CUEIM’s (Consorzio Universitario di Economia Industriale e Manageriale) Steering and Supervisory Committee, and member of the International Advisory Board of the Amsterdam International Business School.

He was an independent member in the Board of Directors of companies such as UBI Spa and TIM Spa, and he is currently independent director of the Banco BPM Spa.