Dr. Herman A. van den Berg Professor Emeritus, Faculty of Business Administration

Dr. Herman A. van den Berg is Professor Emeritus in the Faculty of Business Administration at Lakehead University, where he taught courses in finance and strategic management at the Orillia campus from 2009 until his retirement, and served as Acting Dean of the campus in 2013. He holds a PhD in Strategic Management from the University of Toronto, an MBA with Distinction in Corporate and Investment Finance from York University, and an Honours BBA from Wilfrid Laurier University, where he received the Alumni Gold Medal. He also holds the Chartered Investment Manager (CIM) designation.

Dr. van den Berg's research draws on the knowledge-based theory of the firm to examine vertical integration, economic firm boundaries, and intellectual capital, with applications to nonprofit and hospital management. His work has appeared in the Journal of Knowledge Management, Managerial and Decision Economics, Review of Public Personnel Administration, and the Journal of Health Organization and Management. His current research involves the development of a structured process for detecting and correcting bias in group weight elicitation.

Prior to his academic career, Dr. van den Berg held senior finance roles at Royal Bank Financial Group and Marsulex Inc., where he evaluated capital projects of up to 100 million US$ in value, and began his career in nuclear operations at Ontario Hydro as a licensed reactor operator. He has also lectured at the Universiteit van Amsterdam, the University of Toronto, Toronto Metropolitan University, and Ontario Tech University