Dr. Rumina Dhalla is an Associate Professor in the Gordon S. Lang School of Business and Economics and the Founding Director of the Institute for Sustainable Commerce at the University of Guelph. She was also Director of the Guelph East Africa Project. Dr. Dhalla has held a number of leadership roles with the United Nations including being the outgoing Chair of the Board for the UN Global Compact Network Canada and past Vice-Chair of the UN Principles for Responsible Management Education (PRME) NA Chapter. She was also a Special Consultant with the United Nations Institute for Teaching and Research (UNITAR). She has recently joined the Global Advisory Board of Victoria Forum. She has been on the Canadian Delegation to the High Level Political Forum for Sustainable Development and the World Sustainable Development Summit.
In addition to her academic career, Dr. Dhalla has accumulated over 20 years of industry leadership experience, much of it in the Canadian banking industry. Her research interests include sustainable innovations, sustainability rankings and ratings, public policy, organizational identity, corporate reputation and corporate strategies for sustainability, responsibility and SDGs. She has served as the Winspear Visiting Scholar, Gustavson School of Business, University of Victoria in 2025. Her research has been published in highly ranked journals such as the Journal of Service Research and Organization Studies. An accomplished teacher in both the undergraduate and graduate programs, she was awarded the MBA Distinguished Professor Award and received the 2019 United Nations Principles for Responsible Management Education NA Excellence in Service Award.
