Eric Knight is Deputy Vice Chancellor (People and Operations) at Macquarie University and Professor of Strategic Management. He was previously Executive Dean of Macquarie Business School (2020-2024), and Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Research-Enterprise & Engagement) at the University of Sydney (2017-2020). He is a Fulbright Senior Scholar and has held visiting appointments at the University of Oxford and Stanford University. He completed his doctorate at the University of Oxford as a Rhodes Scholar.
Professor Knight is an internationally recognised researcher in the field of strategy and leadership. His research is interested in how companies implement new technologies and harness knowledge assets to create innovative products and services. His research has been published in top-tiered UT Dallas/ Financial Times 50 (FT50) journals such as the Strategic Management Journal, Academy of Management Journal, and Academy of Management Review. His latest research is available here.
His approaches the teaching of strategy in a novel way, and his courses on Design-led Strategy have won numerous awards. An online version of the course is available here and has attracted over 85,000 students worldwide. His students have gone on to found various companies or lead significant engagements with industry partners in Australia and internationally, and at various levels of government, based on the course.
Professor Knight is a Principal Fellow of the Higher Education Academy, Graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors, and a Fellow of the Royal Society of NSW. He has served as Global Chair of the Strategy Practice group at the Strategic Management Society, and the Strategy-as-Practice interest group of the Academy of Management.