Mark Freel is the Royal Bank of Canada Professor for the Commercialisation of Innovations at the Telfer School of Management, University of Ottawa. He also holds an appointment as a professor of innovation and entrepreneurship at Lancaster University Management School, UK, and is a research fellow at the Lazaridis Institute, Wilfrid Laurier University. Before moving to Canada in 2006, Mark held faculty positions at the universities of Edinburgh and Aberdeen, and at Strathclyde and Warwick universities. He has held editorial positions at the Journal of Small Business Management and the International Small Business Journal, and currently serves as an associate editor of Entrepreneurship and Regional Development and on several editorial advisory boards. Mark’s research interests are broadly concerned with innovation and entrepreneurship, and with how firms and regions create and capture value. He has consulted for various branches of government in Canada, the UK and the EU on related issues.

Biography from Telfer School of Management website: https://telfer.uottawa.ca/en/directory/mark-freel/