RICHARD JOHNSON

CHAIR

Richard has extensive senior leadership experience in global education, and currently serves as Faculty Operating Officer for the Imperial College Business School, where his primary responsibility is to enable the Business School to develop, implement and deliver its vision, strategy, and business plan by offering leadership, and oversight for all professional services and support functions in the Business School.

Prior to joining Imperial, Richard spent 15 years at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business, where he served as Chief Operating Office for Europe, and Associate Dean for Booth’s top-ranked Executive MBA Programs in Europe and Asia. He had overall responsibility for the strategy, management and marketing of the Programs, as well as overseeing the management of the London and Hong Kong campuses. Richard spent nearly 8 years in Asia, during which time he oversaw the relocation of the Booth campus and the Executive MBA Program from Singapore to a new campus location in Hong Kong.

Before joining Booth, Richard had a long career in international education, specifically study abroad programs, both in the private sector and in academia. He was responsible for opening and developing the London operation for Accent Global Learning (formerly Accent International), a private study abroad program provider. He has a bachelor’s degree in French Language and Literature from Washington University in St. Louis, a master’s degree in Film Studies from the University of London, University College, and an MBA from Chicago Booth.