
Professor Gailly has a PhD in Applied Mathematics from UCLouvain, a European Master’s Degree in Society, Science and Technology from Roskilde University, and an MBA from INSEAD.
He is since 2001 Professor of innovation management, entrepreneurship and strategy at master’s degree and executive level. He is also the Program Director of the Executive Master’s degree in Innovation Management (www.LouvainInnovation.be).
His research focuses on innovation-based strategies, corporate innovation management capabilities and innovation support systems. He is the author of numerous scientific publications on innovation and entrepreneurship, as well as of the books Developing Innovative Organizations (Palgrave, 2011) and Navigating Innovation (Palgrave, 2018).
He is a former manager at McKinsey and is a board member and advisor for several innovation networks and companies (both large firms and start-ups). Since 2014 he has also been an associate member of the board of BiRD (Belgium Industrial R&D) and the Secretary General of the GRD Network (www.GRDNetwork.be).
As an executive advisor, board member and mentor, his references include international industrial and R&D-intensive firms such as (among others): GSK, Nokia, AGC, John Cockerill, Aisin, Syensqo, Hexagon, NMC, Magotteaux, Puratos, Lhoist, Carmeuse, Sonaca, Dow, IBA, MasterCard, Alstom, Safran…
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