Peter B. Gustavson School of Business

 Saul Klein serves as the Dean and Lansdowne Professor of International Business at the Gustavson School of Business, University of Victoria. Prior to joining UVic, he was the SA Breweries Professor of International Business at Wits Business School in South Africa. Previously, he was Senior Fellow in Marketing in the Postgraduate School of Management at the National University of Singapore. He has also held full-time positions at Wake Forest University and Northeastern University in the United States, and has been a visiting professor in the Graduate School of Management at the University of Melbourne (Australia).

Professor Klein’s primary interests are in the areas of marketing management, marketing strategy, global business, and international marketing. He has a particular interest in issues relating to global competitiveness, particularly with respect to emerging markets. His current research focuses on inter-firm relationships and organizational competitiveness.

Professor Klein has been a consultant to a variety of multinational companies as well as to a number of smaller firms in the US, Canada, Singapore and South Africa. He has been actively involved in advising clients on competition and liquor regulation. He serves as a non-executive member on the board of the Primeserv Group, a South African-listed productivity and training organization.