Javier Yanez Arenas

Javier Yanez Arenas is a Senior Lecturer and MBA Director at the University of Glasgow's Adam Smith Business School. With a dual career spanning academia and strategic consultancy, he has held leadership roles at UniAndes in Colombia, including Dean of the School of Management and accreditation review positions for AACSB and EQUIS. Currently, he leads the MBA curriculum review and contributes to the Services and Operations Management research cluster.

His research focuses on

• Service innovation
• Supply networks
• Strategic procurement
• Global supply chain dynamics

. Recent publications analyze MBA business models, supply chain strategy frameworks, and service innovation in international contexts.

As an educator, he teaches courses on

• Strategic foresight
• Supply chain management
• Business game simulation

and pilots assurance-of-learning systems for executive education.

Professional highlights include securing a £117,000 annual professorship chair from the Kühne Foundation and overseeing £4.3 million in facility investments for UniAndes' Executive Education programs.