"Strategic Innovation - Maximising Returns on Innovation"

Professor Tovstiga’s career spans 25 years as industry practitioner, management educator, author and consultant. A national of both Canada and Germany, he completed undergraduate and graduate studies in chemical engineering at the University of Ottawa, Canada, and the University of Massachusetts at Amherst, USA, respectively, before completing a doctorate in engineering sciences at the ETH Zurich in Switzerland. He then joined the Central Research Laboratory of Bayer AG in Leverkusen, Germany. He spent the first 12 years of his career in fundamental and applied research in the German chemical and pharmaceutical industry before returning to academia to research, teach and consult in the area of technology strategy and innovation management.

He subsequently obtained an MBA at the University of Twente (Netherlands); he is an alumnus of the International Teachers Programme (London Business School, UK). Prior to joining Henley in a full-time faculty position George headed an internal management consultancy practice at ABB (Switzerland) and consulted for Arthur D. Little (Switzerland) Ltd’s Strategic Growth and Innovation Practice.

His current research, teaching and consulting focus is in the areas of strategy and innovation management. He has authored over 50 peer reviewed publications in the area of strategic innovation and frequently speaks on the topic at conferences around the globe.