Board member, senior university leader, academician, published author, serial entrepreneur, public speaker, and international business consultant, Prof. Dr. Franco Gandolfi currently serves as a Member of the Executive Board of the Nguyen Hoang Group (NHG) in Vietnam. Prior to his current role, he served as the Vice Chancellor (VC) and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Manipal International University (MIU) in Malaysia. Previously, he held deanships and senior professorial appointments at the Canadian University of Dubai, the University of the South Pacific, Fiji, California Baptist University in Riverside, California, and Central Queensland University in Sydney, Australia. Prof. Dr. Franco Gandolfi holds an adjunct full professorship in leadership with Georgetown University in Washington DC, a Global Top 20 Research University. Adding further feathers to his cap, Prof. Dr. Franco Gandolfi was the inaugural MBA Director and Full Professor of Management at Regent University, a prestigious private university in the USA.
With over 30 years of experience in the education, finance, and pharmaceutical industries, Prof. Dr. Franco Gandolfi has held leadership positions across the world, namely Switzerland, Australia, the United States, Fiji, the United Arab Emirates, and Malaysia. Prior to his academic career, Prof. Dr. Franco Gandolfi held consulting roles at Novartis, Roche, Credit Suisse, and UBS Bank in Switzerland. Having served as a first-lieutenant in the Swiss Army Forces, he honourably retired in 2007 having attained the highest non-active duty military rank in the Swiss Army Forces.
Prof. Dr. Franco Gandolfi is an active researcher and avid writer. He is the principal author of seven books and editor of two leadership books. Prof. Dr. Franco Gandolfi’s scholarly portfolio includes more than 60 peer-reviewed research articles published in top-tier international journals. He currently serves on a number of international boards and has been a judging panel member for the prestigious Australian Human Resources (HR) Awards. Prof. Dr. Franco Gandolfi holds a Doctorate in Business Administration (DBA) from Southern Cross University, Australia. He also earned a Post-Doctorate Certificate in Executive Leadership from Cornell University, USA, an Ivy League University. He obtained his Bachelor’s and Master’s Degrees in Commerce from the Swiss Institute of Commerce and Economics, Switzerland. Additionally, he completed his Postgraduate Diploma in Teaching English as a Foreign Language (TEFL) and Master’s Degree in Educational Psychology from the University of Sydney, Australia.
