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Professor Gary Schwarz

Gary

Professor in Public Management and Strategy

Email: gary.schwarz@qmul.ac.uk
Room Number: Room 2.05, Francis Bancroft Building, Mile End Campus

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Gary Schwarz is Professor in Public Management and Strategy and Director of the Public Management and Regulation Group. His research focuses on how organisations and individuals can improve their performance, innovation and leadership. He has published widely in world-leading academic journals, such as Public Administration Review, Public Management Review, Public Administration, World Development, Journal of Management Studies and The Leadership Quarterly. Prof Schwarz has held various editorial roles, for example, at Public Administration Review and International Journal of Public Administration.

Before joining QMUL, Prof Schwarz served as the Head of the School of Finance and Management and as a Professor in Public Policy and Management at SOAS University of London, where he also was the Chair of the Division of Public Management and a Member of the University’s Executive Board. He has held various academic appointments at Harvard University, University of Cambridge, King’s College London, London Business School, Copenhagen Business School and the University of Nottingham’s campus in China, where he served as Faculty Director of Teaching Development and the Director of the largest executive education programme. Prof Schwarz is the recipient of multiple teaching awards and research grants. Previously, he was the Serviceline Leader Performance Management at Deloitte, where he advised numerous public and private organisations.

Prof Schwarz holds academic degrees from Harvard University, University of Chicago, Northwestern University, University of St Gallen and WHU in Germany.

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