Leonard Waverman

Acting Director

Leonard Waverman has served as dean of the DeGroote School of Business since 2013. He is a world-renowned expert in international telecommunications and global resources management and specializes in microeconomics and industrial organization, economics of telecommunications, energy and resource economics, international trade, public utility and public enterprise economics. He has authored the influential Connectivity Scorecard, an annual index that ranks countries according to how advanced their communications networks are in promoting productivity and growth. Dr. Waverman earned his BCom and MA from the University of Toronto and his PhD in economics from MIT. Previously, he was a professor of economics at the University of Toronto and the London Business School, and Dean of the Haskayne School of Business, University of Calgary.