Biography
Sarah Kaplan
Distinguished Professor, Founding Director, Institute for Gender and the Economy (GATE), Professor of Strategic Management, and Fellow of the Lee-Chin Family Institute for Corporate Citizenship at the University of Toronto’s Rotman School of Management.
Sarah Kaplan is Distinguished Professor, Founding Director, Institute for Gender and the Economy (GATE), Professor of Strategic Management, and Fellow of the Lee-Chin Family Institute for Corporate Citizenship at the University of Toronto’s Rotman School of Management. She is a co-author of the bestselling business book, Creative Destruction, and more recently The 360° Corporation: From Stakeholder Trade-offs to Transformation. In 2021, she collaborated with Peter Dey on the report “Governance 360º: Where are the directors in a world in crisis?” Formerly a consultant for nearly a decade at McKinsey & Company in New York, she earned her PhD from MIT’s Sloan School of Management. She is a member of the board of GLAD (GLBTQ Legal Advocates and Defenders) in Boston, and Politenico di Milano in Italy. A proud member of the LGBTQ+ community, she devotes her work to using innovative insights to create a more just and equitable economy. In recognition of her impact, she received the Governance Professionals of Canada Peter Dey Governance Achievement Award and was named one of Canada’s Top 100 Most Powerful Women by the Women Executive Network.
