September 6, 2022
HEC Montréal is pleased to announce the appointment of Professor Isabelle Le Breton-Miller to the Royal Society of Canada (RSC). This is one of the country’s most prestigious recognitions of outstanding academic, scientific or artistic achievement by a person working in the arts, social sciences or sciences. She is one of 5 new fellows elected this year to the Academy of Social Sciences (Francophone Division), which covers all social science disciplines, including administration and management.
The RSC has more than 2,500 academics, scientists, and artists elected by their peers, including 23 professors from HEC Montréal. Professor Le Breton-Miller, already elected as a member of RSC’s College of New Scholars and Creators in Art and Science since 2016, will now become one of the Society’s 300 women fellows.
The induction ceremony will take place on November 25, 2022, at the Celebrating Excellence and Commitment event in Calgary.
Professor in the Department of Management and holder of the Chair of Succession and Family Enterprise, Isabelle Le Breton-Miller holds a Master of Science degree in Management and a Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration from HEC Montréal, as well as a PhD in Management from Imperial College London (University of London).
Her research, teaching and publications focus on strategy, organizational design, governance structures and succession in family firms and other types of businesses.
Highlights of her impressive career include: