2024 Strategic Speakers

Adam Fremeth is the E.J. Kernaghan Professor in Energy Policy and Associate Professor of Business, Economics, and Public Policy at the Ivey Business School. He is the Associate Director of the Ivey Energy Policy and Management Centre and his research focus is on how firms engage and respond to public policy, with particular attention to regulated utilities and the upstream oil and gas sector. Ongoing research projects include how firms engage with First Nations communities through the application of Impact and Benefit Agreements, the role of activist groups on regulatory rulings in the electric utility sector, and performance implications of dual class share offerings. His work has been published in top tier economics and management journals, including the Strategic Management Journal, Organization Science, Journal of Business Venturing, and American Economics Journal: Applied Economics. This research agenda has been awarded numerous national grants from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council and he has been named a Fulbright Scholar. He is on the Editorial Boards of Organization Science, Journal of Management and Business & Society. He received his HBA from the Ivey Business School, his MA from Carleton University and his Ph.D from the University of Minnesota.