Joanne Lawrence

Joanne T. Lawrence is Global Professor of Corporate Responsibility and Social Innovation at Hult International Business School (Boston-Dubai-London-San Francisco-Shanghai). Prior to Hult, she was an adjunct professor of strategy and management at INSEAD (1993-2007) where she addressed the critical role of strategic communication, stakeholder relationships and aligned organizational cultures in realizing strategy and was involved in Project RESPONSE. She has worked across multiple industries, with multinational companies and global organizations such as BP and the World Bank as well as with smaller, socially-focused enterprises such as Tom’s of Maine and Economic Development Imports. While vice president at UK-based healthcare company SmithKline Beecham (today part of GlaxoSmithKline), she coordinated ‘Simply Better,’ a ground-breaking, global organizational change initiative that was the subject of From Promise to Performance: The Journey of Transformation at SmithKline Beecham (Harvard Business School Press, 1997) and an award-winning INSEAD case study.

Education

• MBA NYU Stern School of Business (1979 — 1982)
• MA Fairfield University

Companies

• Board of Trustees The Case Centre (2018)
• Professor of Practice, Business and Global Society Hult International Business School (2008)
• Managing Director JT Lawrence + Co (1994 — 2019)
• Board Member Massachusettes Alliance on Teen Pregnancy (2005 — 2011)
• Adjunct Professor, Strategy and Management INSEAD (1993 — 2007)
• Vice President, "Simply Better" Organizational Change Initiative SmithKline Beecham (1991 — 1994)
• Chairman and Board Director Investor Relations Society, UK (1988 — 1994)
• Vice President, Corporate Communications and Investor Relations SmithKline Beecham plc (1989 — 1991)
• Vice President, Corporate Communciations and Investor Relations Beecham Group Plc (1987 — 1989)

Skills

• Mergers & Acquisitions
• Risk Management
• Change Management

Other

Cross-functional Team Leadership, Social Entrepreneurship, Social Innovation, Corporate Communications, Start-ups, Entrepreneurship, Sustainability, Stakeholder Engagement, Strategic Communications, Management, Strategic Planning, Business Strategy, Program Management, Management Consulting, Corporate Social Responsibility, Strategy