The Strategy Institute BBS is led by Ulrich Grothe. Ulrich Grothe was responsible for the corporate strategy of an international company for several years. As the director of a mid-sized company, he developed new business models with great market success. He has a wide background as a business consultant. For one of the large American consulting companies, he developed new approaches for the consulting business and was in charge of international strategy projects.

Director of the Leadership Institute at Boston Business School is Dr. Jan Roy Edlund. After his studies in business and public administration at the University of St. Gallen, Dr. Edlund taught for the Harvard University Business Case Program. His specific interests lie in conceiving and accompanying organizational change processes, specifically the topics of post-merger integration and leadership training at the top executive level.

Patrick K. Magyar, as executive board delegate, leads the Marketing Management Institute of the Boston Business School. He was managing direct of FIFA Marketing AG, where he was in this capacity responsible for placing the entire range of sponsoring packages for the World Cup 2006 in Germany. Amongst his publications, the prize-winning best-seller “Marketing Pioneers: International Marketing Hits of Daring Entrepreneurs” (1987,1990, 1992, 1994) stands out.

Professor Dr. Waldemar Pförtsch is director of the Institute for International Business and Marketing. He is one of the leading authorities of this domain, in research, teaching as well as consulting. The experience, which he brings to the table, he acquired whilst working for large companies in Germany and the US. He refined his approach led to international consulting contracts. Today, his area of expertise comprises, aside from the US and German-speaking Europe, China and Japan.

Head of the Institute for Innovation-Management is Dr. Marcus Disselkamp. His integrated approach to research and practical development for innovation management is a product of Dr. Disselkamp’s many years of management and consulting experience for numerous innovation projects in various industries and countries, including the USA. This uniquely allows Dr. Disselkamp to act as a sparring partner for CEOs and corporate boards.

Osama Rifai is director of the Institute for Financial Management and Corporate Governance at Boston Business School. His approach to research, teaching, project implementation, capital market financing, restructuring, M&A, emphasizes not only specialist knowledge and tools, but also having the proper communication abilities and channels in place. He has been active for many years as senior advisor to many companies in the industrial and banking sectors.

The Institute for Accounting and Controlling of Boston Business School is led by Prof. Dr. Ulrich Krings. Professor Krings was active as a banker and business consultant before he worked for several years in the domain of corporate finance for a large international consulting company. Today, he is in charge of the management consulting & controlling domain at the University of Applied Science in Northwestern Switzerland. He is also currently managing director of a Zurich-based consulting firm.

Dr. Andreas Bürgin is head of the Institute for Strategic Entrepreneurship and Business Development BBS of Boston Business School. He has many years of practical experience in leading positions, in both a national and international environment. He himself is an entrepreneur, as owner and board member of several SMEs. Moreover, he is also lecturer for integrated business management, new business development, and innovation and technology management at different educational institutions.

Martin Salzwedel studied pedagogy and completed an artistic program as a cellist. He has worked for 8 years as public relations direct and chief operating officer for an American consulting firm for communication, negotiation, and distribution. His current specialties as an instructor, consultant and coach, include the global coaching and training of executives in seminars with an emphasis on communication in leadership, negotiation, distribution, intercultural competence and personal development.

Wolfgang Bierer is director of the Institute for Business Process Management of the Boston Business School. As instructor and consultant, his specialties are in business process optimization and strategic business process management. For a large German consulting firm, he was responsible for the methodological development of business process strategy. Wolfgang Bierer possesses broad international project experience. Among his countries of expertise are Japan, Korea, and China.

The Institute for Entrepreneurship & Innovation Management BBS is headed by Professor Dr. Horst Geschka. Horst Geschka has been dealing with R&D and innovation management since the 60’s; he is the Dr.-Otto-Röhm chair for business establishment at the TU Darmstadt. He is founding chairman and member of the executive board of the “Society for Creativity, e.V.”, one of Germany’s leading think tanks for creativity.

The Institute for Sustainable Development and Corporate Responsible Practices BBS is led by Prof. Dr. Mark Esposito who is an active researcher in the area of Sustainability, Professor of Management for several Universities in Europe and Asia and since 2005, he serves as an Advisor to the UNESCO and World Heritage Center and an affiliated member of the Academic Council of the United Nations System. He is the author of the book: “Sustainable Future of Mankind”, co written with some illustrious academicians and one Nobel nominee.

Gerald Hüsch has been a member of the executive board of Boston Business School and executive director of BBS for the Asian-Pacific region since January 2006. He draws on a deep pool of experience from Europe, the USA and Asia, making Mr. Hüsch one of the most professional and creative minds in the domain of leadership and difficult change projects.