Daniel Muzyka

Daniel F. Muzyka is a Professor of Management at The University of British Columbia's Sauder School of Business. He is the former President and Chief Executive Officer of The Conference Board of Canada.

Daniel F. Muzyka, Professor of Management at The University of British Columbia.

He is also former Chair of the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC). He was previously the Dean and the RBC Financial Group Professor of Entrepreneurship at the University of British Columbia's Sauder School of Business. Prior to 1999, Muzyka taught and held senior administrative positions at a number of universities and institutions, including the Harvard Business School, INSEAD, Babson College, Northeastern University, Wharton School (University of Pennsylvania) and Williams College.

Muzyka has extensive experience in academics, business, and public policy and has participated on a number of boards of companies, venture capital funds, as well as not-for-profit and government organizations and committees. He worked in industry with General Electric in finance and strategy and was a strategy consultant with Braxton Associates. In addition, he has been a board member and consultant to several other business and not-for-profit organizations, including Vice Chair and a public director of the Investment Industry Regulatory Organization of Canada (IIROC), the Vancouver Board of Trade (Past Chair), Graduate Management Admissions Council (GMAC), New Ventures B.C.,[1] and the European Venture Capital Association. Muzyka chaired NSERC's Expert Advisory Committee on Partnerships and Innovation.

Muzyka currently serves or has served on various government councils, including task forces in Europe and North America. In British Columbia, he has served on the B.C. Competition Council, and the B.C. Premier's Technology Council, among others.

Muzyka holds a Doctorate of Business Administration from Harvard University, an MBA with concentration in Strategic Planning from the University of Pennsylvania, and a BA with Honours in Physics and Astronomy from Williams College. He has been awarded the National Order of Merit (Chevalier de l'Ordre National du Mérite) by the Government of France.

References
  1. "Home - New Ventures BC". New Ventures BC. Retrieved 2017-05-01.
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