Michel PATRY
Director, HEC MONTRÉAL
Full Professor, HEC MONTRÉAL
(Summary)
Holder of a Ph.D. in Economics from the University of British Columbia and a master’s degree in Business Administration (M. Sc.) from HEC Montréal, Michel Patry is currently Full professor at the Institut d’économie appliquée of HEC Montréal and Director of HEC Montréal, a major international business school.
In the past, Mr. Patry has served in other administrative capacities at HEC Montréal, as Associate Director – Academic Affairs and Strategic Planning; Director of the Doctoral Program and Director of Research; and activities outside of HEC Montréal, more specifically as President and CEO of the Center for Interuniversity Research and Analysis of Organizations (CIRANO), an important research, liaison and transfert center dedicated to the improvement of organizations’ and markets’ efficiency and competitiveness; Director of the Romanian-Canadian MBA Program, Director of the Joint Ph.D. in Administration Program offered by the four Montreal universities, and Secretary-Treasurer of the Société canadienne de science économique.
In Canada and abroad Mr. Patry sits on several Boards such as HEC Montréal (www.hec.ca), University of Montréal (www.umontreal.ca), Conférence des recteurs et des principaux des universités du Québec (www.crepuq.ca), Finance Montreal (www.grappefinancemontreal.com), The Montreal Council on Foreign Relations (www.corim.qc.ca), Revue Gestion, Collège André-Grasset, AACSB International (www.aacsb.edu), European Foundation for Management Development (www.efmd.org), Global Foundation for Management Education (www.gfme.org) and International Accreditation Advisory Board of the Association of MBAs (AMBA). Mr. Patry is Member of the Board and Past Chair of the Canadian Federation of Business School Deans (www.cfbsd.ca). He is also a volunteer of the 2011 Campaign Cabinet of Centraide of Greater Montreal and Chair - Government Corporations and Public Organizations of Centraide.
Michel Patry is an expert in the economics of organizations and regulation. At the moment, his teaching and research deal with the economic analysis of organizations, the economics and strategic analysis of outsourcing and P3, the economic analysis of regulation, as well as the economics of IT and e-commerce.
Professor Patry has published over a hundred research documents of scientific and professional nature, articles in academic and professional publications, book sections, monographs, research reports, etc., as well as many transfer and public education articles. He has supervised and participated in the supervision of close to a hundred students in Business Administration, Economics and IT postgraduate programs. He also serves as a consultant to many private and public organizations.
