Dr. Anna Grosman

Dr. Anna Grosman is an Assistant Professor of Innovation and Entrepreneurship in the Glendonbrook Institute for Enterprise Development at Loughborough University London, which she joined in September 2016, having spent 3 years as an Assistant Professor at Aston University in Birmingham, UK. She completed her PhD at Imperial College London in 2013.


Anna’s research examines inter- and intra-firm corporate governance processes, and in particular, how institutional environments, ownership networks and structures, board structures, firm transparency, executive compensation and social capital influence a firm’s investment behaviour and outcomes. She is also interested in research at the intersection of governance and entrepreneurship.


Prior to her PhD, she worked for Georgia-Pacific/ Koch Industries as a Director of Corporate Development and M&A in the international division for four years. Prior to that, she worked for six years in investment banking and corporate finance for CIBC World Markets, Citigroup and Close Brothers.