Sandro Castaldo is Full Professor of Marketing at Bocconi University, Scientific Director of the Channel & Retail Lab at SDA Bocconi, and Scientific Director of the Executive Master in Retail Management for Spar International. Former President of the International Federation of Scholarly Associations of Management (IFSAM), he is Director of Economia & Management, the scientific journal of SDA Bocconi, and since 2025 holder of the Harvey Chaplin Chair in Distribution, Channel & Experience Management.