Alex Edmans is Professor of Finance at London Business School and one of the clearest voices on responsible business, corporate finance and behavioural finance. For event hosts looking for a speaker with real credibility, he brings a rare mix of academic research, practical business experience and genuine clarity on stage.
Alex speaks on the issues business audiences actually care about: purposeful leadership, sustainable investing, corporate governance, behavioural economics and the social responsibility of business.
His talks are thoughtful, well structured and grounded in rigorous evidence. He uses stories, statistics and studies to make complex ideas accessible, without drifting into vague business clichés or overblown claims. For organisers who want substance as well as audience engagement, he is a strong choice.
Alex Edmans is Professor of Finance at London Business School, and his background gives him authority with both academic and commercial audiences. Before moving into academia, he worked in investment banking at Morgan Stanley. He later taught at Wharton, earned tenure there, and completed his PhD at MIT Sloan as a Fulbright Scholar.
That combination of academic rigour and practical business experience helps him connect with senior leaders, investors and decision-makers. His research interests include corporate finance, behavioural finance, responsible business and sustainable investing.
Alex is especially well known for helping audiences think more clearly about purpose, profit and evidence. His book Grow the Pie: How Great Companies Deliver Both Purpose and Profit has become an important reference point for discussions around how great companies deliver both purpose and long-term performance.
He is also the author of May Contain Lies: How Stories, Statistics, and Studies Exploit Our Biases, which makes him a particularly strong fit for events focused on decision-making, leadership judgement and critical thinking.
For hosts planning conferences around mainstream business topics, Alex brings academic research, real-life examples and practical insight. He helps audiences distinguish companies that create genuine long-term value from those that simply sound good in theory.
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