What interested you in coming to the Haskayne School of Business and the University of Calgary?
What interested me were the global opportunities that exist at the university and at Haskayne because of the strength of the energy and natural resources sectors in the province. Global firms are here and we can push Haskayne to be a global business school. My vision is for Haskayne to become a pre-eminent business school. To do that, we have to rely on the law of comparative advantage, which says we not only do what we are good at, but we should be good at the things that will help our community. One of your research areas is global resources management. What opportunities do you see for Haskayne in this area? We can focus more on natural resources management issues and develop a vision for a Centre of Natural Resources Management. The management issues are diverse and crucial: risk assessment, sustainability, human resources engagement, finance, strategy—the issues that drive teaching and research at Haskayne. The centre can work with the business community to identify the issues and
