Leadership – Dezsö Horváth

Mr. Dezsö J. Horváth

Director

Dezso Horvath is the Dean, and holds the Tanna H. Schulich Chair in Strategic Management, Schulich School of Business, York University, Toronto. He has taught at the school since 1977.  After an early R+D career with the Swedish multinational ASEA (now ABB) in the electronic industry, he accepted senior academic appointments at Swedish, then Canadian universities.  Since becoming Schulich’s Dean in 1988, he has worked with stakeholders to position Schulich as “Canada’s Global Business School”TM. Dean Horvath has published numerous books and articles on strategic management and international business. He is currently Director of Inscape Corp., Samuelson & Co. Ltd, and Westport.  Dean Horvath is also on the International Advisory Council of the Guanghua School of Management, Beijing University. He was chosen as a member of the Order of Canada in July 2008. Dean Horvath holds an electrical engineering degree as well as degrees in management (MBA, Licentiate, PhD) from Swedish Universities.