Ali Emrouznejad is a Professor and Chair in Business Analytics at Surrey Business School, UK. He also serves as the director of the Centre for Business Analytics in Practice, leading research efforts in various fields, including performance measurement and management, efficiency and productivity analysis, as well as AI and big data. Prior to his current position, he held the role of head of the Business Analytics Group at Aston University.

Ali Emrouznejad has been acknowledged as: 

• one of the top 2% most influential scientists globally by Stanford University

• highly cited author with h-index of over 90

• “World Top 100 Business & Management / Business Administration Scientists" 2024 and in 2025.

• Springer Nature Editor of Distinction Award 2025!

• fellow of the Institute of Mathematics and its Applications (FIMA)

• fellow of the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)

• fellow of the Institute for Sustainability

• fellow of the Institute for People-Centred Artificial Intelligence.

• member of the UKRI (UK Research and Innovation) Talent Peer Review College (PRC)

• member of the Business and Management panel for the UK Research Excellence Framework 2029 (REF2029)