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Dimitrios Georgakakis

Dimitrios Georgakakis

Dimitrios Georgakakis

Prof. Dr.

Professor of International Business at the Leeds University Business School

Main Focuses

Top Management Teams, Diversity, Corporate Governance, Executive Succession, Internationalization Strategy

Fields of research

CEO succession

Top management teams

Upper echelons

Corporate governance

Team diversity

Education
  • PhD in Strategic Management (with Summa cum Laude) University of St Gallen, Switzerland
  • MSc in Management (with Distinction) Brunel University, London
Teaching Activities
  • International corporate governance
  • International Strategic Leadership
  • International management
  • Research methods
  • Diversity in teams and organizations

Affiliations
  • Academy of Management (AoM)
  • European Institute of Advanced Studies in Management (EIASM)
  • Strategic Management Society (SMS)
Awards
  • Latsis HSG Prize 2018. Outstanding Young Scholar Award (Recipient). Latsis Foundation, Switzerland.
  • Best paper Prize 2019 (Recipient). Strategic Management Society, Special Conference on Strategic Leadership, Las Vegas, USA
  • Best Paper Award in Corporate Governance 2018 (Recipient). European Academy of Management, Reykjavic, Iceland.
  • Louis Pondy Award 2016 (Finalist). Bridge and Rule: TMT Faultlines, Firm Performance and the CEO-TMT Interface. Organization and Management Theory Division (OMT), Academy of Management Meeting, Anaheim
  • Wiley Blackwell Outstanding Dissertation Award 2015 (Finalist): “The Antecedents and Consequences of Top Management Team Diversity: Expanding the upper echelons research stream” Business Policy and Strategy Division (BPS), Academy of Management Meeting, Vancouver 
  • Best International Paper Award 2015 (Recipient): The more international the better? International experience variety and execuitives’ career advancement. CAR Division, Academy of Management Meeting, Vancouver
  • EURAM Conference Best Paper Award 2015 (Recipient): Exploring the Link between International Experience and Executives’ Speed of Career Progress. European Academy of Management (EURAM) 2015, Warsaw
  • Doctoral Dissertation with Summa Cum Laude 2014. University of St Gallen. Switzerland.
  • Best Reviewer Award 2013 (Nomination). EURAM, Corporate Governance track. Valencia
  • Best Reviewer Award 2012 (Nomination). EURAM, Corporate Governance track. Istanbul.
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