Prof Vijay Pereira, PhD (United Kingdom) is Distinguished Full Professor of International and Strategic Human Capital Management and Department Chair of People and Organizations department at NEOMA Business School, France and Distinguished Full Professor at Goa Institute of Management (GIM). Professor Pereira is the 2nd ranked publishing scholar in business and management globally for the year’s 2021-22 and the highest ranked publishing scholar in Europe for the same period (P-rank). He was Associate Dean (Research) at the Australian University of Wollongong (Dubai campus). He holds adjunct positions of Full Professor at University of South Pacific, Fiji and at Universities of Portsmouth and Manchester.Professor Pereira is the Editor in Chief of the journal International Studies of Management and Organizations and the Global Real Impact Editor for the Journal of Knowledge Management. Prof Pereira is also on the editorial and advisory board for the journals Production and Operations Management and Journal of Management Studies (both listed in Financial Times ranking). Professor Pereira has a record of attracting funding and has published widely, in over 200 outlets, 20 special issues and 10 books, including in leading international journals such as the Human Resource Management, Harvard Business Review, MIT Sloan Management Review and Journal of Business Ethics (all Financial Times ranked). He has also published in the Academy of Management journals Academy of Management Perspectives and Academy of Management Discoveries. Professor Pereira was the elected Vice President of the Academy of International Business (AIB), Middle East and North Africa (MENA), for the last five years and is now on the advisory board.