Beatrix Dart

Dr. Dart served for seven years as the Associate Dean, Executive Degree Programs, leading the program design, international partnerships, and faculty selection for the Executive MBA and Global Executive MBA programs at the Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto. As Professor of Strategy at Rotman, Beatrix teaches Management Consulting and Strategy, in particular corporate strategy and the development of growth strategies for international companies, and has been awarded the “Teacher of the Year” award in 2017. She joined the Rotman School of Management in 2000 following a successful career with McKinsey & Co.

In addition to her very successful administrative and academic leadership, Beatrix has a strong entrepreneurial mindset, and has been responsible for many innovations at a program-level and beyond as part of driving change on gender and cultural diversity in Canada. In the public realm, she served on advisory committees for ministries, co-chaired Canada’s first women-only trade mission to Japan, and is on the advisory board for UN Women in Canada. Furthermore, she was working with the provincial government of Ontario as chair of the Women in Business Steering Committee in 2016/17, as well as being the conference co-chair for “Gender Dividend in Family-owned Businesses in 2017. Since 2008, Beatrix is the Executive Director Rotman’s Initiative for Women in Business, focusing on advancing women in management, for which she won the TIAW Global Award in 2010.