North American Module Faculty

Prof. David Beatty, M.A., O.B.E.

Conway Director, Clarkson Centre for Business Ethics & Board Effectiveness, Professor of Strategic Management, Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto

An adventure capitalist for the last two decades, Professor Beatty is the former president of Weston Foods and a founding Chair of Orogen Mineral Resources. He has worked in the Central Planning Office of Tanzania and as an economic advisor to the Prime Minister of Papua New Guinea. As Director of Planning, he helped create the country's economic infrastructure. In September, 2006, the Prime Minister of Papua New Guinea awarded Professor Beatty a 30th Independence Anniversary Medal in recognition of his continuing services to that nation.

Professor Beatty serves on boards of the Bank of Montreal (where he chairs the Risk Review Committee), FirstService Corporation, Goldcorp, Husky Injection Molding and Inmet Mining (where he is lead director).  He spent a decade on the board of Peter Drucker's Foundation in California, serving as vice chairman.  Currently, Professor Beatty is the Managing Director of the Canadian Coalition for Good Governance, which promotes best corporate governance practices and aligns the interests of boards and management with those of the shareholders.

As well as teaching in the Rotman School’s Executive MBA programs, Professor Beatty teaches strategy in large diversified corporations.

Prof. Beatrix Dart, Ph.D.

Professor of Strategic Management, Academic Director, Omnium Global Executive MBA Program, Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto

Professor Beatrix Dart teaches strategic marketing, strategy and growth related projects. She joined the Rotman School as Academic Director of Executive MBA Programs in 2000, after working six years at McKinsey & Company in Zurich, London and Toronto.  As Academic Director, Professor Dart is responsible for faculty appointments and for the design and strategic development of Omnium and other Executive MBA programs.

Prof. Jim Fisher, MBA

CCMF Chair in Entrepreneurship, Professor of Strategic Management, Vice Dean, MBA Programs & Executive Education, Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto

Three times voted “Teacher of the Year” by the second-year MBA classes, Professor Jim Fischer teaches leadership, strategy and organization design in the MBA, Executive MBA and Executive Development Programs. He brings extensive practical business experience to the classroom. Having worked with McKinsey & Company, Professor Fisher co-founded the Canada Consulting Group, the country's largest Canadian-owned strategy firm before it merged with the Boston Consulting Group.  He joined George Weston Limited in 1986 and served as Executive Vice President of Weston Foods, Chairman and President of William Neilson Limited and President of George Weston North American Bakeries.  Currently he serves on a numbers of boards, including Canadian Tire Corporation, Atlas Cold Storage and the ICD Corporate Governance College. He graduated from the University of Toronto with a BA in political science and economics and from Harvard University with an MBA.

Prof. Heather Fraser

Director, Design Initiatives, Centre for Integrative Thinking, Adjunct Professor of Business Design, Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto

Heather teaches business design at the Rotman school, runs the Designworks Studio for MBA students and conducts executive education workshops. With 10 years at Procter & Gamble and 15 years in the branding and communications design business (including at her own agency, TAXI Advertising & Design), she brings a wealth of business design experience from industry. She focuses on translating the best practices of design from leading educational institutions and practitioners around the world into learning programs and tools that can enhance strategy and business innovation.

Prof. Heather-Anne Irwin, MBA

Adjunct Professor of Finance, Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto

Professor Heather-Anne Irwin began teaching Finance at the Rotman School in 2003. Since then she has been named Rotman MBA professor of the year (an MBA Graduate Business Council Award) on two separate occasions. Professor Irwin brings to her teaching the benefits of 16 years’ experience as an investment banker (both in finance and M&A), new issue equity specialist and bond trader.  Her former employers include Citicorp (New York) & Citibank Canada, Nesbitt Burns and TD Securities. Professor Irwin is the founding president of Women in Capital Markets.

Prof. John Oesch, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor of Organizational Behaviour,
Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto

Professor John Oesch teaches negotiation, decision making, organizational behavior, organizational change and team building at the Rotman School. His research interests encompass negotiation, decision making and organizational justice.