Interview with Dean Joss, Stanford Graduate School of Busine

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Dean Robert L. Joss, Philip H. Knight Professor and Dean, Stanford Graduate School of Business

About Dean Robert L. Joss, Philip H. Knight Professor and Dean, Stanford Graduate School of Business

Robert Joss, a leader in global banking, former Treasury Department official and Stanford Ph.D., became the eighth dean of the Stanford Graduate School of Business in 1999. He was the schools first dean from industry in 17 years. Joss started his tenure as

dean after six years as chief executive officer and managing director of Australias Westpac Banking Corporation. From 1971 to 1993 he had held a variety of posts at San Francisco-based Wells Fargo Bank, rising to the position of vice chairman.

No stranger to the Business School at the time of his appointment, Joss was a Sloan fellow in 1965-66, earned an MBA in 1967 and a Ph.D. in 1970, writing his dissertation on the market for mercial paper. He was a member of the schools Advisory Council, a group of business executives that helps shape the schools future.

As head of Westpac, one of Australias largest banks, Joss was credited with refocusing the bank strategically, modernizing and streamlining operations and restructuring the banks culture to emphasize teamwork, customer focus, open munication, and munity support. The banks shareholders also benefited substantially during his tenure and since his retirement.

As dean of the Business School, he is currently overseeing the development of a new MBA Curriculum to be put in place for the class entering in September 2007 as well as fundraising and planning for a new 275 million business school campus at Stanford anticipated to start construction in 2008.