Prof. Peter J. Buckley Leeds University Business School, UK

Peter J. Buckley (BA (Econ), York; MA, East Anglia; PhD Economics, Lancaster; Dr hc (Uppsala); DSc hon (Lappeenranta)) is Professor of International Business, Director of the Business Confucius Institute at the University of Leeds and Founder Director of the Centre for International Business, University of Leeds, (CIBUL), UK. CIBUL was... read morerated as the top international business research group in the world based on publications in leading journals (International Business Review) 2006. He has published over 200 refereed articles and 27 books that have over 20,000 Google citations (h-index 58). He was elected a Fellow of AIB in 1985 for “outstanding achievements in international business”. He is also a Fellow of the British Academy of Management (BAM), a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts (RSA) and a Fellow of the European International Business Academy (EIBA). In December 1998 he was made an Honorary Professor at the University of International Business and Economics, Beijing, China. He is also an Honorary Member and Executive Committee member of the 48 Group Club. He was President of the Academy of International Business 2002-04 and served as Immediate Past President 2004-06. He is past Chair of the European International Business Academy (2009-2012). He was awarded a Cheung Kong Scholar Chair Professor in the University of International Business and Economics (UIBE), Beijing in September 2010. He was Principal Consultant to UNCTAD’s World Investment Report 2011. He was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the Queen’s New Year Honours List 2012 “for services to higher education, international business and research”.