Bruno Silvestre
Dean; Professor
- Contact:
- Office: BEC 252 bizdean@uvic.ca 250-472-5081
- Credentials:
- PhD
- Area(s) of expertise:
- Supply chain management; sustainability; entrepreneurship in education
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Bruno Silvestre is a professor and dean at UVic's Gustavson School of Business.
Biography
Bruno Silvestre is the Dean of the Peter B. Gustavson School of Business. He was previously the Dean of the I.H. Asper School of Business, CPA Manitoba Chair in Business Leadership, and Professor of Supply Chain Management at the University of Manitoba. Before serving as Dean, he worked as Associate Dean, leading multiple portfolios, as the Director of the Transport Institute, acting Department Head, and the CN Professor in Supply Chain Management at the Asper School. Prior to that, Bruno held academic appointments at the University of Winnipeg, at the Beedie School of Business, Simon Fraser University, at SPRU, University of Sussex, UK, and multiple academic institutions abroad.
Bruno's research mainly focuses on two interconnected streams. The first research stream is related to sustainable supply chain management, and more specifically how supply chains incorporate sustainability (i.e., environmental and social aspects) into their business practices to address issues such as forced labour, child labour, conflict minerals, human trafficking and corruption. The second stream is related to supply chain learning, i.e., how supply chains’ actors collaborate, collectively learn, and implement such knowledge to innovate toward enhanced operational, financial, environmental, and social performance.
Bruno's research has been published in top-tier business journals and has been cited widely (please check his Google Scholar profile above). His research has appeared in journals such as the International Journal of Operations and Production Management; International Journal of Production Economics; Journal of Management Studies; Journal of Cleaner Production; Business Horizons; Production Planning & Control; Technovation; Technological Forecast and Social Change, Organization Studies; among others. He currently serves as an Editorial Board member for the International Journal of Operations and Production Management, Journal of Engineering and Technology Management, among others. Bruno has taught extensively in the areas of operations management, supply chain management and sustainability at all levels (i.e., undergraduate, MBA, EMBA, MSc, Ph.D.) at top schools in North and South America, Europe, Asia, and Israel.
In addition to his academic work, Bruno has close to 15 years of industry experience prior to joining the academy. His experience has been in manufacturing/operations/supply chain management, as well as business development and project management in the energy, mining, manufacturing, and tech industries.