Wendy Kilminster

Wendy Kilminster is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Strategy at the Saïd Business School, University of Oxford. Her research focuses on the complexities of strategy formation and organizing within interorganizational contexts, particularly exploring how tensions and interdependencies shape the persistence and survival of such arrangements. She holds a doctorate from Bayes Business School, where she also taught on undergraduate and MBA programmes. Prior to academia, she spent 20 years in the financial services industry, specializing in strategy and change roles within the Lloyd’s and London insurance market.

Her work emphasizes understanding the dynamics and processes that enable long-term stability in interorganizational settings, often drawing on examples from the Lloyd’s market. Key research interests include organizational persistence, paradox theory, and the strategic management of interdependencies in complex systems.

Wendy’s publications analyze longstanding organizational phenomena through integrative theoretical frameworks, combining insights from organizational theory, practice theory, and institutional dynamics. Her research contributes to debates on how organizations maintain shared characteristics and navigate instability over extended periods.

Her professional background includes extensive experience in strategic change and market organization, which informs her academic investigations into real-world organizational challenges. While no formal advising roles or grants are detailed in the provided text, her industry experience highlights practical applications of her theoretical work.