Mark DesJardine
Associate Professor of Business Administration; Paul E. Raether T’73 Faculty Fellow
Areas of Expertise
Shareholder activism, corporate governance, investor relations
Associate Professor of Business Administration; Paul E. Raether T’73 Faculty Fellow
Shareholder activism, corporate governance, investor relations
PhD, Ivey Business School, Western University, 2016; BBA, FC Manning School of Business, Acadia University, 2009
Mark DesJardine is one of the leading academic voices on shareholder activism and corporate governance. He is the Paul E. Raether T'73 Faculty Fellow at Dartmouth College’s Tuck School of Business, a senior fellow at The Wharton School, and a CFA charterholder. He is also an associate editor at Management Science and a senior editor at Organization Science, two premier management journals. His award-winning research — recognized with three Emerging Scholar Awards from leading international management associations, the Governor General’s Gold Medal, and a place on Poets&Quants’ Best 40 Under 40 MBA Professors — examines how activists choose their targets, how proxy contests are won and lost, and how the rise of AI in proxy voting is reshaping the relationship between boards and shareholders. He writes regularly for Harvard Business Review, where his work includes “When Activist Investors Ask for Board Seats,” “How to Respond to Shareholder Activism,” “How to Attract the Right Shareholders,” and “Will Your Investors Support Your Strategic Pivot?” He advises public and private companies on AI, governance, and shareholder engagement, and serves on the board of Longacre Square Partners.