Peter J Buckley (BA (Econ), York; MA, East Anglia; PhD Economics, Lancaster; Dr hc (Uppsala); DSc hon (Lappeenranta) Dr. Merc.H.C. (Copenhagen), DBA, h.c. (Hong Kong Metropolitan University). Professor of International Business and Founder Director of the Centre for International Business, University of Leeds, (CIBUL), UK., Professor of International Business, University of Queensland, Australia. Visiting Professor, Hong Kong Metropolitan University.

He is the Fellow of the Academy of International Business (AIB), Fellow of the British Academy of Management (BAM), Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts (RSA), Fellow of the European International Business Academy (EIBA), Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences (FAcSS), Fellow of the Japan Academy of International Business Studies. He has been the President of the Academy of International Business (2002-2004), Chair of the European International Business Academy (2009-2012), Cheung Kong Scholar Chair Professor, University of International Business and Economics (UIBE), Beijing, and Principal Consultant/Senior Advisor UNCTAD (2008-2011).

Prof. Buckley has won many prizes and awards. For example, Viipuri Prize Award in Strategic Management and Business Economics 2006; IMD Booz Allen Hamilton Strategy+Business Eminent Scholar in Management Prize 2008; Richard Whipp Lifetime Achievement Award 2011, (British Academy of Management) 2012; John H. Dunning Prize for Lifetime Achievement (UKAIB) 2017; EIASM (European Institute for Advanced Studies in Management) Interdisciplinary Leadership Award 2019; Medal of the City of Rennes, 2019; JIBS Platinum Medal for Scholarship as the most frequent contributor during the first 50 years of the journal. 2019; British Academy of Management (BAM) Medal for Research, 2021.

He was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in 2012 “for services to higher education, international business and research”, and elected a Fellow of the British Academy (FBA), in 2014.

He has published over 250 refereed articles and 28 books plus edited 20 more that have over 53,766 Google citations (h-index 95).  (January 2023)