AIB Canada Chapter Executive Board
As AIB Canada Chapter’s main governing body, the Executive Board leads member outreach, facilitates professional development opportunities, and organizes events such as the annual Chapter Conference.
We welcome member suggestions on how we can best serve our membership. Please reach out to AIB Canada Chapter’s Executive Board members to share your interests, ideas, and questions.
Check out the bylaws of the AIB Canada Chapter to learn more about the Chapter and the Executive Board. Find them here: AIB Canada Chapter Bylaws 2026
Meet the AIB Canada Chapter Executive Board Members:
Kristin Brandl
Kristin Brandl is an Associate Professor in International Business at the Peter B. Gustavson School of Business, University of Victoria, Canada and the Copenhagen Business School, Denmark. She has held visiting research positions at UNCTAD, Division of Investment and Enterprise, the Fox School of Business, Temple University, USA and Saïd Business School, University of Oxford, UK. Prior to joining UVic, she worked as Lecturer/Assistant Professor at Henley Business School, University of Reading, UK.
Dr. Brandl’s research studies the impact of (national and supranational) policy and institutions on global business environments and firm strategy. She is particularly interested in developing countries and how these internal and external factors impact their development processes. She also examines global knowledge sourcing, especially related to service and innovation activities, i.e., she examines international services management and innovation with a focus on production processes, characteristics, structures, and value propositions (Global Value Chains). Her research has been published in the Journal of International Business Studies, Global Strategy Journal, Journal of World Business, International Business Review, Journal of International Business Policy, and International Journal of Operations & Production Management, among others.
Kristin is on the editorial review board of the Journal of International Business Studies, the Global Strategy Journal and the Journal of International Business Policy and has edited a special issue of the Journal of World Business. She is the media editor of the International Business Review. She is a board member of the AIB Emerging Market Shared Interest Group and is responsible for the Emerging Scholars from Emerging Markets programme.
Pengfei Li
Vice Chair
University of Calgary
Pengfei Li
Pengfei Li is an associate professor in the area of Strategy and Global Management at Haskayne School of Business, University of Calgary, Canada. He received his PhD from Peking University in China and was a Banting postdoc fellow at the University of Toronto. Covering the overlapping areas between international business and economic geography, his research focuses on industrial clusters, knowledge creation over space, location and innovation strategy of multinationals, and digital platforms. Over the past decade, he has conducted extensive field work in China and Canada. His papers appear in Journal of International Business Studies, Journal of Economic Geography, Economic Geography, Research Policy, and have been awarded by the American Association of Geographers, the Regional Studies Associations (UK), and Academy of International Business.
He teaches international business, global business environment, and strategy management for undergraduate and MBA students and has developed several cases, including two on Amazon: Amazon’s Second Headquarters (A and B) and Competing with Dragons: Amazon in China, the latter a bestseller at Harvard Business Publishing.
Christian Keen
Treasurer
Université Laval
Christian Keen
Christian Keen, PhD, is an Associate Professor in the Department of Management at Université Laval, Canada. He brings extensive research and professional experience across Europe, Latin America, and North America and has served on the boards of directors of private companies and non-governmental organizations. Dr. Keen teaches entrepreneurship and international business at both the graduate and undergraduate levels. His research examines international entrepreneurship, emerging markets, and family firms. He has also held leadership roles within Special Interest Groups of the Academy of International Business, contributing to the international business scholarly community. Dr. Keen serves on the editorial boards of the Journal of Enterprising Communities: People & Places and the European Journal of Family Business.
Vanessa Hasse
Vanessa Hasse is an Assistant Professor of International Business at the Ivey Business School. Her primary research interests focus on exploring firm-level responses to performance signals (including those triggered by crises/rare events) in an international context, as well as the impact cultural and temporal dimensions have on managerial decision-making.
Her research has been published in outlets such as the Academy of Management Journal, Global Strategy Journal, and more. She has received international recognition for her work, including the 2023 IM Division Best Paper Award in OB/HRM/OT (AOM) and the 2017 IM Division D’Amore-McKim School of Business, Northeastern University, Best Dissertation Award in International Management (AOM).
Dr. Hasse has authored several case studies and has been recognized as a management educator for her innovations in designing transformative learning experiences. She is the recipient of multiple Teaching Excellence Awards (2021/2022/2023) and was named a Finalist for the 2021 Academy of International Business Teaching Innovation Award.
Liang (Arthur) Li
Dr Arthur Li is an Assistant Professor in Global Management Studies at the Ted Rogers School of Management, Toronto Metropolitan University (Formerly Ryerson University). His research focuses on a critical intersection in international business, the managerial micro-foundations of multinational enterprise (MNE) subsidiary control, coordination, and organizational evolution. Before joining the Ted Rogers School, Arthur was an Assistant Professor (Lecturer) in International Business & Strategy at the Henley Business School, University of Reading. He received his PhD from the Ivey Business School and MBA from the Vlerick Business School. Arthur has accumulated substantial industry and management experience. He has co-founded an import and export trading company and has worked in several large MNEs as a subsidiary GM.
Steven Liang
Member at Large
York University
Steven Liang
Steven Liang is an Assistant Professor of Management and teaches strategic management and international business at York University. He received Ph.D. in Business Administration from John Molson School of Business, Concordia University. His research interests focus on how institutional environments interact with corporate governance and strategies in different business contexts. His recent works address such issues as comparative corporate governance, business groups, market entry, and foreign direct investment. He has publications in management and IB journals, including Journal of World Business, Journal of Management Studies, Industrial and Corporate Change, Multinational Business Review, etc. Before joining academia, Dr. Liang served multiple roles in the finance industry, non-profit organizations, and consulting firms in China.
Natalia Aguilar Delgado
Member at Large
HEC Montréal
Natalia Aguilar Delgado
Natalia Aguilar Delgado is an Associate Professor in the Department of International Business at HEC Montréal. She holds a PhD in Strategy and Organization from McGill University. Her research explores the intersections of international business and biodiversity, inclusive value chains, the socio-bioeconomy, international development, and social innovation. Her work has been published in Business & Society, the Journal of Cleaner Production, Organization, and the Social Enterprise Journal. She is associate director of Pole Idéos, a research center for social impact, and also member of the editorial review board for the Journal of International Business Policy.