Passionate speaker who brings the latest thinking on strategy, innovation and disruption supported by examples of the practices of leading edge companies. He has appeared several times on the Thinkers50 list of the world’s top management gurus. He is the author or co-author of several best-selling business books.
Costas Markides is Professor of Strategy and Entrepreneurship at the London Business School where he holds the Robert P. Bauman Chair of Strategic Leadership. He is considered one of the world’s leading experts in the areas of business strategy and strategic innovation. A graduate of Harvard Business School and Boston University, he has taught on a wide range of in-company programmes (for organisations such as Nestle, Roche, LVMH, Vodafone, PwC, Rabobank and Pirelli) and serves on the Editorial Board of several academic journals. He is also on the Board of the Strategic Management Society and on the Academic Board of the Cyprus International Institute of Management (CIIM). He has written about a broad range of business issues including strategic innovation, corporate restructuring, business model innovation and responding to disruption. His publications have appeared in several best-selling books and in numerous academic journals as well as leading managerial journals.
"Excellent professor with a very enthusiastic and inspiring way of telling his story!"
"Very passionate and effective in explaining matters."
"Excellent! Total engagement with the audience and clear exposition."
"Excellent teacher. Best entertainer. Achieved his objective of getting full attention. Made lesson alive and exciting yet outstandingly achieved his objective of imparting knowledge. Used simple stories and analogies that help learning and remembrance."
"Absolutely great! Well-formulated, energetic, makes you think!"
"Costas is very able to attract our attention for long periods of time through an excellent combination of personal experience, facts, statistics, real examples and academic studies. He is an excellent speaker!"
