Fabrizio Ferraro

Fabrizio Ferraro is Professor of Strategic Management at IESE Business School, University of Navarra, where he also serves as Academic Director of the Institute for Sustainability Leadership. He holds a PhD in Business Administration and MSc in Sociology from Stanford University, and a BA in Economics from Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II.

His research focuses on:

• Strategic implementation of sustainability initiatives
• Emergence of impact investing markets
• ESG integration in financial decision-making
• Corporate responses to shareholder activism
• Institutionalization of sustainability reporting frameworks

His scholarly publications demonstrate consistent focus on sustainability transitions in financial markets, with recent work examining deliberative processes in shareholder engagement, market formation mechanisms, and policy-corporate alignment in environmental governance.

Awards & Recognition:

• Triple recipient of IESE Research Excellence Award (2005, 2019, 2022)
• Academy of Management Review Best Paper Award (2006)
• Roland Calori Award (2017)
• Prestigious €1M+ ERC Grant (2011-2015)

As Academic Director, he leads executive education initiatives and has consulted for multinationals including Santander, Nestlé, ENEL, and Shiseido. He teaches Strategic Leadership and Impact Investing across MBA, EMBA, and executive programs.