Smith welcomes new Dean, Dr. Wim A. Van der Stede

Kingston, Ont. – Dr. Wim A. Van der Stede began his appointment as Dean at Smith School of Business on July 1.

He takes over from Dr. Lynnette Purda, who served as interim dean for 18 months and was recently appointed Vice-Provost, Professional and Continuing Education.

A seasoned academic leader with international experience, Dean Van der Stede joined Smith from the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), where he served as Dean of Extended Education and the CIMA Professor of Accounting and Financial Management.

Dean Van der Stede’s extended education portfolio at LSE included all executive education, online degrees, global extension degrees, and summer school programs. Prior to LSE, he spent nine years as a faculty member in the Leventhal School of Accounting at the University of Southern California’s Marshall School of Business.

Dean Van der Stede’s research focuses on management accounting and control with a particular emphasis on strategy implementation, organizational design, and performance measurement and incentive systems. He has published in several academic and practitioner journals in these areas and is the co-author of the leading textbook, Management Control Systems (Pearson).

Actively involved in his field, he has served on the Board of Directors for the American Accounting Association and was the Editor-in-Chief of Management Accounting Research from 2015 to 2024.

Originally from Belgium, Dean Van der Stede earned his PhD in Economics, Master in Management, and Bachelor in Economics from Ghent University.

Learn more about Dean Van der Stede on his profile page.