Howard Thomas

Howard Thomas is a highly cited scholar, with fellowship awards from the U.S. Academy of Management (AOM), the British Academy of Management (BAM), the European Academy of Management (EAM), the Strategic Management Society (SMS), the Academy of Social Sciences (ACSS), the Learned Society of Wales (LSW), and the Institute of Directors (IOD).

He was the Dean of the Fellows College (2019-2022) of BAM and was also awarded the Richard Whipp Lifetime Achievement Award of the British Academy of Management in 2013, and the Cooper Leadership Model in 2022 as well as the Strategic Leadership Award from the Association of Collegiate Schools of Business International (AACSB) in 2014.

He is a companion of the Association of Business Schools in the UK, and former chair of the board of the Graduate Management Admissions Council (GMAC), AACSB, the Association of Business Schools (CABS), and the Global Foundation of Management Education (GFME).

He is also a founding member of RRBM, and an honorary life member, and former board member and vice-president for Business Schools of the European Foundation of Management Development (EFMD). He served as president of the Strategic Management Society as well as its Dean of Fellows.