Roy Suddaby is Winspear Chair of Management at the School of Business, University of Victoria, Canada and Research Professor in Management at Newcastle University Business School. Roy is a past editor of the Academy of Management Review and is or has been an editorial board member of the Academy of Management Journal, Administrative Science Quarterly, Organization Studies, Journal of Business Venturing and the Journal of Management Studies. His research focuses on organizational change and the intersection between business and society. Current research projects focus on the use of history as a strategic corporate resource, the role of philanthropic foundations in processes of social and institutional change and the changing professional role of the academic historian.