David B. Grant was Vice Rector (Dean) of Research and Societal Impact and Professor of Supply Chain Management and Social Responsibility at Hanken School of Economics, Helsinki, Finland. He was also a Bualuang ASEAN Chair Professor at Thammasat University, Bangkok, Thailand.
He received his PhD from Edinburgh University and his thesis, investigating customer service, satisfaction, and service quality in UK food processing logistics, received the James Cooper Memorial Cup PhD