Rania Labaki

Rania LABAKI, Ph.D. is associate professor of finance and family Business at EDHEC Business School, director of EDHEC Family Business Research Centre, and family business fellow at Cornell University and Family Firm Institute.

Among her additional roles, she serves as board member of IFERA, co-editor of Entrepreneurship Research Journal, and member of the editorial board of FamilyBusiness.org and Revue Droit & Patrimoine. She is also member of the advisory committee of Women in Family Business and of One Governance, and family business affiliate advisor at Lansberg Gersick & Associates.

A global speaker with presentations and lectures in more than 50 countries across continents, her insights have been featured in nearly 200 publications in academic and professional journals, books, and reports as well as in various international media outlets, such as Financial Times, Forbes, Les Echos, Le Figaro, El Pais, La Tercera, Campden FB, Tharawat, The Conversation, and Radio France.

Among her past appointments, she was academic expert of The Family Business Network International, director of the Financial and Wealth Management Master Program at the University of Bordeaux and director of the Family Business Global Executive MBA at EDHEC Business School.

Along with a Master’s in Business Administration from the Holy Spirit University (Lebanon), a Master of Science and a Ph.D. in Management Sciences from the University of Bordeaux (France), Rania holds the Advanced Certificates in Family Business Advising and Family Wealth Advising from FFI (U.S.A) and the Certificate of Women Leadership Development from the University of Oxford (UK).

Rania is recipient of numerous awards recognizing her contributions to the family business field, including the prestigious Barbara Hollander Award in 2020. Her current research, advising and teaching interests revolve around the interplay between family dynamics and decision-making, governance design and development of responsible owners.