Roger Martin is a globally acclaimed business consultant and thinker, best known as the former Dean of the University of Toronto’s Rotman School of Management (1998–2013) and as the #1 ranked management thinker by Thinkers50 in 2017; he has advised CEOs from Procter & Gamble to Lego and Ford, authored influential strategy books including Playing to Win, The Opposable Mind, and The Design of Business, and championed concepts like integrative and design thinking that help leaders make coherent, innovative strategic choices—he began his career at Monitor Group, holds degrees from Harvard, and today continues shaping high‑level strategic decision‑making globally.