Marcus Alexander

Marcus Alexander is an Adjunct Professor of Strategy and Entrepreneurship at London Business School and holds a Visiting Professor position at Vlerick Business School in Belgium. He holds an MA from Oxford University and an MBA from Harvard Business School, where he earned prestigious awards including the Harkness Fellowship and Baker Scholarship. His expertise spans corporate strategy, multi-business group management, and global business operations.

Research interests focus on

• Group-level strategy and corporate center roles
• Global management challenges
• Mergers, acquisitions & alliances
• Strategic agility and process design

Recent articles explore post-pandemic M&A strategies (HBR 2020), Middle East economic diversification (Think LBS 2017), and strategic decision frameworks (Think LBS 2016). He has contributed to major outlets including Financial Times, Harvard Business Review, and California Management Review.

Awards & Recognition: Harkness Fellow | Baker Scholar | Loeb Rhodes Fellow | Wolfe Award Winner

Professional roles include advising over 50 Group CEOs, serving as non-executive director in 6 multinational companies, and leading the Ashridge Strategic Management Centre. He has also held strategic consulting roles at Boston Consulting Group and co-founded a successful advertising-related business.

Teaching: Delivered executive education programs globally at institutions like Danish Technical University and Stockholm School of Economics. Active in leadership development and corporate strategy training across 25+ years.