Kay, John (Born 1948)

John Kay is a globally recognized strategic and policy thinker who is also a leading British economist, business consultant and strategic management scholar. Born and educated in Scotland, he studied at Edinburgh University. He is a visiting Professor of Economics at the London School of Economics, a fellow of St John’s College, Oxford, a Fellow of the British Academy and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. From 1986 to 1996 he was a chair professor at London Business School and the founding director of Oxford University’s Saïd Business School. He was the first professor of management to receive the academic distinction of Fellowship of the British Academy. Kay was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire in the 2014 New Year Honours for services to economics (ESRC 2014). He is an acclaimed columnist and has contributed a weekly column to the Financial Times for 9 years.

He began his academic career as a Fellow of St John’s College at Oxford in 1970 and worked...