Dr. Carvalho, the incumbent F.C. Manning Chair in Economics and Business, is a Professor of Marketing at the Faculty of Management, Dalhousie University. His current role extends to Foundation Director – Global, and National Director of the Schwartz Reisman Canada Israel Exchange Program. Dr. Carvalho's track record includes serving as the Acting Associate Dean of Projects and Planning, as well as the Director of the Center for International Trade and Transportation at Dalhousie University's Faculty of Management. His leadership also shone at the Rowe School of Business and the Asper School of Business, University of Manitoba, where he acted as the Marketing Area Coordinator and Marketing Department Head, respectively. His academic degrees include a Ph.D. in Business/Marketing from Baruch College/CUNY, an MBA in Finance from Northeastern University, and a BBA from the University of Fortaleza, Brazil. Dr. Carvalho further enriched his expertise with Post Graduate Diplomas in International Business from the Ecole Supérieure de Commerce in France and in Finance from FGV-Fundacao Getulio Vargas in Brazil. Dr. Carvalho's research, largely funded by the Social Sciences and Humanities Council of Canada, offers insights into consumer behavior and international marketing. His work has appeared in numerous prestigious journals such as the Journal of Marketing, International Journal of Research in Marketing, Journal of Business Research, and Journal of Business Ethics.