Associate Dean, Strategy and Mission
Office: Hilton 203
Phone: 310.258.2676
Email: Dominic.Chai@lmu.edu
Areas of Expertise
- Strategy
- Corporate Governance
- Business Ethics
- Catholic Social Thought
- Communal Discernment
Biography
Dominic Chai, S.J., Ph.D., is Associate Professor of Management and Associate Dean for Strategy and Mission at LMU College of Business Administration. He earned a bachelor’s degree from the University of California, Berkeley, a doctorate from the London School of Economics, and a licentiate in sacred theology from Boston College.
Fr. Chai has held faculty positions at Manchester Business School, Seoul National University, Birkbeck College, University of London, and the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome, teaching strategic management and business ethics. His industry experience includes serving as an executive at Hyundai Development Company in Korea, where he led global strategy and launched ventures for value creation and synergy across the business group.
During the recent pandemic, he was missioned to the Vatican Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development, where he co-coordinated the Vatican COVID-19 Commission’s Economy Taskforce, advocating for debt relief in impoverished nations, and forging partnerships to bring Laudato Si’ into action.
Currently, Fr. Chai collaborates with the International Association of Jesuit Business Schools (IAJBS) to strengthen the global network of Jesuit institutions committed to addressing societal challenges. He is also a research associate at the University of Cambridge's Centre for Business Research. His research interests center on integrating Catholic Social Thought into economic discourse, in hopes of advancing the well-being of global society and the common good.