Schulich School of Business Appoints Inaugural CIBC Chair in Sustainable Finance

TORONTO, Sept. 07, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- York University's Schulich School of Business, one of the world's leading centres of sustainability research, today announced that Dr. Olaf Weber will become the inaugural holder of the new CIBC Chair in Sustainable Finance.

The research chair was established last year as the result of CIBC's commitment to enable a more sustainable future, working in partnership with stakeholders and clients.

Dr. Weber has had a distinguished career in the field of sustainable finance marked by cutting-edge research on the intersection of business and financial institutions' sustainability. As the inaugural CIBC Chair in Sustainable Finance, he will pursue pioneering research that generates actionable solutions within the global finance sector.  

Schulich is recognized internationally as a thought leader in the areas of sustainability and responsible business. The School is home to the Centre of Excellence in Responsible Business, one of the world's largest and most influential academic centres dedicated to sustainability research and knowledge development.

"We are pleased to welcome Dr. Olaf Weber as the new CIBC Chair in Sustainable Finance," says Detlev Zwick, Dean of the Schulich School of Business. "The CIBC Chair will expand our School's expertise in sustainable finance while carrying out important new research that will help in the transition to a low-carbon economy."  

About Schulich 
Known as Canada's Global Business Schooltm, the Schulich School of Business in Toronto is ranked #1 in Canada and among the world's leading business schools by a number of global MBA surveys, including The Economist, Forbes, and QS. The Kellogg-Schulich EMBA program is ranked #9 in the world by The Economist, #9 in the world among joint programs by QS MBA, and #1 in Canada by the Financial Times.

Global, innovative, and diverse, Schulich offers business programs year-round at its state-of-the-art complex at York University; at its Miles S. Nadal Management Centre located in the heart of the Toronto's financial district; and at its campus in Hyderabad, India. The School also has strategic and academic partnerships with a number of the world's leading business schools in North America, Europe, Asia, Africa and Latin America. Schulich offers undergraduate, graduate, and postgraduate business degrees that lead to rewarding careers in the private, public, and nonprofit sectors, and has more than 35,000 alumni working in over 90 countries. The School pioneered North America's first ever cross-border Executive MBA degree, the Kellogg-Schulich Executive MBA. The School has one of the largest portfolios of one-year, specialized Masters programs of any business school in North America. Schulich's Executive Education Centre provides executive development programs annually to more than 5,000 executives in Canada and abroad.

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