AFFILIATIONS

ESCP Europe (London); Mercatus Center at George Mason University.

EXPERTISE

Market-Based Management; Monetary Theory and Business Cycles; Transition Economies.

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

His research interests are corporate entrepreneurship, monetary theory and transitional markets. He has published in journals such as Eastern European Economics, Constitutional Political Economy and The Review of Austrian Economics, and his co-authored book “The Neoliberal Revolution in Eastern Europe: Economic Ideas in the Transition from Communism” was published in 2009 by Edward Elgar. He has authored policy papers for the Conservative Party, European Investment Fund, Financial Reporting Council and the Competition Commission on a range of market-process issues, and has conducted applied research projects with a number of corporate sponsors. Evans received his MA and Ph.D. in Economics from George Mason University, USA, and a BA (Hons) from the University of Liverpool, UK.

TESTIMONIALS ABOUT THE PROFESSOR

“I was honored to take part in Prof. Evans’ lectures. It is truly interesting to have the opportunity to listen to a globally renowned expert here in Croatia. I especially admired Prof. Evans’ energy, which enabled him to introduce us to Managerial Economics & Quantitative Methods with ease. ” Mladen Knezevic, Sales and Marketing Director at Laguna Novigrad

AFFILIATIONS

Henley; Central European University Business School in Budapest, Hungary; Weatherhead School of Management at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, USA.

EXPERTISE

Leadership; Personal Development; Business Communication; Marketing Communications; Management Training.

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

Chris has over 20 years of experience in management education and training. He has taught numerous development and communication skills courses to MBA students, as well as other workshops and seminars related to management learning. He has experience teaching and working on projects in Romania, Macedonia, Czech Republic, South Africa, Switzerland, Dubai and Austria. Dalton has completed a PhD in Management Learning and Leadership at Lancaster University Management School. His research is focused on the use of Reflection in Personal Development in post-experience Management Education. He graduated with a Henley MBA in 2000 and also holds Henley certificates in Coaching and Virtual Tutoring.

Papers: SPINKS, N., SILBURN, N. L. & BIRCHALL, D. W. (2007) Making It All Work: The Engineering Graduate of the Future, a UK Perspective. European Journal of Engineering Education, 32 (325-335).

Books: Dalton, C. (2011) Self-coaching and learning. In: Kruckeberg, K., Amann, W. and Green, M. (eds.) Leadership and Personal Development: A toolbox for the 21st Century Manager. Information Age Publishing . ISBN 9781617355547

TESTIMONIALS ABOUT THE PROFESSOR

“Chris Dalton is unique and ordinary but, above all ,an excellent professor who has an open and intelligent approach to groups and individuals. He encourages you to push your boundaries of understanding management and to find the right definition deep within yourself.” Josipa Svetina, Learning and development manager at Partus academy

AFFILIATIONS

ESCP EUROPE London, Paris and Madrid

EXPERTISE

Corporate Transformation; Entrepreneurship; Applied Enterprise Economics with a particular focus on Healthcare.

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

Davide is Italian, graduated from ESCP Europe (formerly ESCP-EAP) and the University of Turin. He has earned a PhD in enterprise economics from the University of Turin. He is author of numerous articles, policy papers, book chapters, case studies and presents regularly at international research conferences. His latest book “How to think Strategically. Your roadmap to Innovation and results” (co-authored with J. Couturier) published by the Financial Times is nominated for the prestigious Management Book of the Year award by the CMI and British Library. Aside from the academic commitments, Professor Sola is principal and President at 3H Partners, a leading Entrepreneurial Solution Provider firm, very active in supporting top management of leading enterprises on issues such as new business models, innovation and strategy at large. Professor Sola covers a wide range of industries, ranging from Healthcare to Energy to Technology to Financial Services. Professor Sola speaks fluently four languages (French, English, German and Italian).

AFFILIATIONS

Essex Business School; University of Essex.

EXPERTISE

Marketing Management; Neuromarketing; Brand Activism.

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

Dr. Erik Jacobi holds a BA in Economics and Philosophy from the University of Nottingham, an MSc in Management and Marketing from Lancaster University, and a PhD in Marketing from Lancaster University. In-between his studies he worked in marketing management, market research, and sales in the consumer goods industry in Germany and France, as well as in advertising planning in the UK. He is currently a Lecturer in Marketing at The University of Essex, where he leads the business school’s research stream on Experimental Consumer Research and Neuromarketing as well as the university’s interfaculty Neuromarketing Lab and Consumer Neuroscience Group. He has led several consultancy, contract research, and commercialisation projects with a focus on helping startups and SMEs improve their marketing strategies and communications. His current research focuses on the role of valuation practices in strategy development; brand activism; and neuromarketing. His work has been published in the Journal of Brand Management, Journal of Marketing Management, Marketing Theory, and Sociology of Health and Illness.

AFFILIATIONS

ESCP Europe (London, Paris); University of Manchester; School of Management at the Asian Institute of Technology, Thailand; China European Business School; Shanghai Indian Institutes of Management; Management Development Institute, India.

EXPERTISE

Corporate finance; Financial strategy; Financial theory; Financial engineering; Energy finance; Emerging markets finance; Corporate restructuring and control; Behavioral finance.

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

Consultant to the World Bank and the European Commission, Senior Research Scientist for English Electric and Morgan Group, Editor of the Euro-Asia Journal of Management and of a special issue of the European Journal of Operations Research, Independent Consultant for various companies in the private sector.

AFFILIATIONS

IE Business School; UNED University; EOI Business School; EAE Business School; Oviedo University; Isabel I University; Sergio Arboleda University; UPC University; Johns Hopkins University; ITAB University; UDLA University; Lasalle University; Porto Business School.

EXPERTISE

Digital transformation; digital marketing; digital advertising & communication

Degrees: Top Management Program (AMP) at Chicago Graduate School of Busines &IE Business School; Executive MBA at IE Business School; Master in Foreign Trade at EOI Business School; Postgrade in Business Administration (with a focus on Finance) at UNED University; Postgrade in Psychology (with a focus on Advertising) at UNED University; Bachelor in Industry Engineering (with a focus on Operations) by the University of Oviedo (ETSII Gijón); Graduate in e-Commerce at AECE; Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer.

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

Current: Director of Innovation – Digital Transformation & Marketing / Executive Education at IE Business School; Partner at Ideas in a Jar, Digital Business Consultancy Boutique; Academic Counselor at Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB), Spain; Board’s External Advisor at Greater Than One, Europe (fifth digital advertising agency in US); Board’s External Advisor at Diana Media Group (fifth digital advertising agency in US).

Past: Director of Marketing / Executive Education at IE Business School; Director of Digital Marketing / Executive Education at IE Business School; Director of Customer Oriented Services at IE Business School; Director of Operations at ielearning.net; Director of IT/IS at US Department of Spain, Spain & Portugal; Director of Manufacturing at Agrapisa

Books: “Conversational Capital” (Spanish version); “s-Internacionalization”; “Digital Recruitment & Self Branding”; “Political Marketing”; “Direct Marketing 2.0”; “Blended Marketing. The Digital Marketing Plan as an integrator of on and offline actions”; “From Second Life to Metaverses Marketing: Business in 3D”; “I have 30,000 fans; so now what?”; “Social Media Maketing Plan”; “Marketing for Lawyers”; “Exponential Companies: Making the Most of Digital Transformation”.

AFFILIATIONS

Louisiana State University with a BA in Political Science and an MA in Marketing

EXPERTISE

Consulting practice areas of HR Strategy, Leadership and Organizational Development

He graduated from Louisiana State University with a BA in Political Science and an MA in Marketing.

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

Michael Hathorn is a partner of OPTIMIS Sarl and a member of the Peak Value Group where he focuses on the consulting practice areas of HR Strategy, Leadership and Organizational Development. Apart from that he is visiting lecturer at COTRUGLI Business School. Michael has significant experience in leadership positions in industry and public sector enterprises. At Capital International in Geneva, a privately held investment management company, he founded and headed the Training and Development function for the European businesses. In his role as Group Director of Leadership at TNT in Amsterdam, Netherlands, Michael served on the HR Strategy Council and drove key strategic initiatives in the area of HR Transformation, established a Change Management center of Expertise and developed the Leadership and Learning Framework for the top 500 executives. In the public sector, he is a contributor to the World Business Council on Sustainable Development and donates his time to a variety of professional organizations. His most recent conference and professional presentations were on “HR Strategy”, “HR Functional Excellence”, “Mastering the Art of Innovation and Change”, “Strategic Recruiting”, the “High Performance Organization” and “Accelerating the Development of Leaders.” Michael previously served on the faculties of Louisiana State University, Northwestern University and Webster University where taught in the undergraduate, graduate and executive programs. At IMD in Lausanne he has facilitated teamwork elements of the Professional Executive Development (PED) program. He is a member of various professional organizations, including the American Marketing Association (AMA), the Silicon Valley Association (SVA) and the Society for Organisational Learning (SOL).

AFFILIATIONS

Oxford Leadership Academy; Brahma Kumaris World Spiritual University; UNESCO Centre for International Education.

EXPERTISE

Spiritual/Emotional Intelligence; Management/Leadership Development; Personal Development; Continuous Learning.

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

Best-selling author with nine publications published in fifteen languages. Coach and guide for personal and executive development for Mitsubishi, Siemens, Johnson and Johnson, Dupont, American Express, British Telecom, Tetra Laval, United Bank of Switzerland, KLM, Royal Dutch Airlines, The Allianz Group, Barclays Bank, Royal Mail, Royal Bank of Scotland, NHS, Sheraton Hotels, The BBC, Pliva, Heineken, Agrokor, CCHBC, Dukat, Carlsberg, Zagrebačka banka, Alstom.

TESTIMONIALS ABOUT THE PROFESSOR

“Mike is one of the most enlightening and empowering speakers I have encountered.” Ian White, Seimens

“Mike is a fantastic teacher with such an easy and comfortable manner that invited me to relax and enjoy the experience. The ‘quiet time’ on the first day was such a powerful exercise – I also found the practical exercises and introduction to meditation really useful. I feel renewed. It’s the best course I’ve been on.” Jamie Fraser, Dupont

“Great learning, deep insights, renewed energy, feels like a new start! Thank you”. David Gregory, Manager at Unilever

AFFILIATIONS

Purdue University (USA);  Ottawa University (Canada); Mannheim University (Germany); ESCP (Europe); IE (Spain)

EXPERTISE

Marketing, Business & corporate strategy, Strategy & innovation, International business, Human resources.

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

Director and founder of Kfuri & partners consulting company. Independent consultant for Nestlé, Audi of Mexico, Volkswagen of Mexico, Mary Kay, Phillip Morris, KPMG, T-Systems, Mexicana Airlines, Government of Canada, BNP Paribas, Cadbury Schweppes, Holiday Inn, Kempinski hotels, Government of Mexico, TV Azteca. Academic Member of Marketing Science Institute, Academy of Marketing Science and Decision Sciences Institute. Member of the Editorial Review Board of the Business Management Journal.

TESTIMONIALS ABOUT THE PROFESSOR

“Dr. Nicolas Kfuri is one of the most passionate professional and educator of Global Marketing, Branding and Strategy that I know of. He infuses energy level in the class which is unmatched. He shares his experienced insights to help with business situations. He is also very personable and pleasant in his interactions with his peers and his students. I would recommend him for education and professional services in Marketing, Branding and Strategy. ”Vijay Raisinghani, Senior Technical Program Manager at Amazon

“Dr. Nicolas Kfuri is one of the most passionate and charismatic professors I know. I had the pleasure to be in his Marketing courses during my MBA studies, and these were by far the most inspiring classes I have taken. He has an amazing way of engaging his students, making learning so much fun! I wish Dr. Kfuri all the best in his future endeavors. ” Elena Cebanu, Regional Vice President EMEA & MEE at SAP

“Dr. Nicolas Kfuri is one of the best Professors I met in my student carrer. He can make you love the subject as nobody else. With his examples from his personal experience, he is able to involve every student. Moreover he is really friendly, he gave us a lot of advises for our careers. ”Riccardo Pozzoli, Marketing & Digital Advisor at Luxottica

AFFILIATIONS

COTRUGLI Business School

EXPERTISE

Evaluation and Development of Individual’s Management or Sales Potential; Organizational Climate; Sales Management Audit; KAM; Consultative Selling; Sales Planning; Managing and Motivating Sales Force; Brand Definition.

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

Founder and partner of Human & Sales Consulting, Developer of innovative sales management solutions in Adria Consulting.

AFFILIATIONS

Associate Faculty, COTRUGLI Business School; Associate Faculty, Eller College of Management, University of Arizona; Associate Faculty, Eller Executive Education

EXPERTISE

People Management, Power/Behavioural Skills Development, Strategic Leadership, Advanced digital learning techniques (Generative AI, Machine Learning, Avatars, Virtual Reality). Thought partner to business leaders throughout EMEA, Sarah thrives on partnering with organisations to increase the “time to value” of their people strategies and developing the leaders they need to execute their FUTURE strategies flawlessly. Sarah helps leaders improve their understanding of people performance, helping them develop knowledge, skills and behaviours that help them develop their People Agendas (and the people impacted by them) in the best possible way. Her areas of expertise include Modernising your People Agenda, Change Leadership, Leading Effective Teams, Communicating with Influence, Innovation Hackathons, Scenario Planning and Strategic Leadership in Uncertain Times. Her clients have included Zurich Insurance Group, Ferring, Microsoft, Swisscom, DP World, Merck & Co, MOL Group, UBS Wealth Management, The Royal Academy of Management in Oman, RasGas, the Govts of Oman, UAE, and Ras al Khaimah amongst many others. Sarah holds a BSc (Hons) from Aston University, Birmingham, and an International MBA with distinction from Thunderbird School of Global Management. Sarah is Master Certified in TAI High Impact Communications and is certified to deliver the Leadership Versatility Index, Hogan Suite, The Change Style Indicator and Hogan 360. She is currently pursuing a Certificate in Psychology for High Performance Sports at Barca Innovation Hub, the educational arm of Barcelona FC.

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

Currently, Founder & CEO at The Experience Accelerator, an education technology company that uses the latest cognitive research and digital technologies to help business leaders and working professionals learn new behaviours faster and more effectively. Former roles: Director General of Les Roches where she led a team of 450+ staff and programs for over 2000 students Partner at Heidrick & Struggles’ (H&S) Leadership Development where she developed a breakthrough technology solution for assessing the potential of senior leaders Executive Director at Thunderbird School of Global Management where she led a significant expansion of Thunderbird’s operations in Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) and Managing Director at the Corporate Executive Board where she ran their EMEA Finance and Strategy Division. The common red thread to all these roles has been a business-oriented focus on results through people initiatives.

AFFILIATIONS

BSc (Hons) Building Surveying; Ph.D. Project Management; Fellow of the Association for Project Management (FAPM); Registered Project Professional (RPP – APM); Member of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (MRICS) – Chartered Project Management Surveyor; Professional in Value Management (PVM) Institute of Value Management

EXPERTISE

Steve is a consultant and lecturer in project, program and portfolio management.

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

He has a portfolio career as a Director of his own consultancy organization (Oxford Management & Research Ltd) and also heads up the Project & Program management unit at Henley Business School (UK). His specialism is in assisting clients such as BP, Network Rail and Pfizer to deliver project requirements to meet their business needs. More specifically, Stephen facilitates organizations’ endeavors to align and integrate project activities into business operations. He has experience in most business sectors and has been involved in all stages of project life-cycles. Steve is Gateway reviewer with Local Partnerships and has led over 100 Gateway reviews, many on PFI projects. At Henley, Steve has provided a series of workshops enabling clients to design and implement their change program in a more effective manner. Prior to establishing his own consultancy, Steve worked for Bovis Program Management in their London-based European headquarters. There he provided consultancy project management services to clients such as Pfizer, BP, P&O, MOD, Heritage Lottery Fund, Railtrack and Dublin Light Rail. In addition, he provided support to project managers working on Bovis projects on an international basis. As a fellow of the Association for Project Management, Steve is former chairman of the Contracts & Procurement Specific Interest Group. He is also an assessor for APM’s Registered Project Professional (RPP) standard. He is also a Chartered Project Management Surveyor with the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors and sits on the construction procurement panel. In this capacity he provides advice to surveyors on all matters relating to procurement, especially during the initial phases of a construction project. Steve lectures at a number of European universities and has written extensively on the subject of project and risk management. He was on the authoring committee for APM’s refresh of their Body of Knowledge 6th ed. (2012) and Project Risk Analysis and Management guide 3rd ed (2012). He is also a contributor to Gower’s Handbook of project management 5th ed (2014). Steve sits on both BSI and ISO committees for project and program management (TC258) and was part of the team that created ISO 215000: Guide to Project Management issued in 2012.

TESTIMONIALS ABOUT THE PROFESSOR

“The professor was able to provide us with the most important insights of Project management in very attractive and practical way. The module gave us the knowledge needed for leading a project.” Mintcho Guentchev, Team Leader Financial Analysis at OTP Leasing, Bulgaria

AFFILIATIONS

School of Management; University of Southampton.

EXPERTISE

Financial Accounting and Reporting; Management Accounting and Control.

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

He has published several papers in internationally recognized peer-refereed journals such as Accounting Forum, Journal of Business Ethics, Corporate Governance: International Review, and Accounting, Auditing and Accountability Journal. His work, presented in a number of international conferences, is related to the area of corporate governance implementation, corporate social and environmental accounting and accounting in non-profit organizations. Dr. Soobaroyen has over 15 years of experience in accounting, consulting, teaching and research activities. He has taught Financial and Management Accounting at undergraduate, postgraduate and MBA level and currently administers the Accounting Masters program at Southampton. He is also an external examiner at the University of Bradford (UK) and the University of Technology, Mauritius.

AFFILIATIONS

Hult International Business School; ESCP Business School; Cambridge Judge Business School

EXPERTISE

Corporate Finance; Business of Artificial Intelligence; Fintech

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

Terence Tse is a globally recognized educator, author, and speaker. He is a co-founder and Executive Director of Nexus FrontierTech, an AI scale up. Terence is a co-author of two international best sellers on Amazon: ”The AI Republic: Building the Nexus Between Humans and Intelligent Automation” and “Understanding How the Future Unfolds: Using DRIVE to Harness the Power of Today’s Megatrends.” He also authored “Corporate Finance: The Basics.” His next book, “The Great Remobilization”, published by MIT Press, is to be released at the start of 2023.

Terence is also a popular and entertaining commentator and has appeared on many television and radio shows as well as periodicals. He has run seminars and workshops as well as given speeches technology and digital transformation, megatrends as well as topics in finance and economics for and to some 50 organizations.

He is on the board various entities including Nexus FrontierTech, Thyreality, Tolar, Circular Economy Alliance.

Terence started his career as an investment banker at Schroders, Citibank and Lazard Brothers followed by being a consultant at EY focusing on UK financial services. Terence obtained his doctoral degree from the Cambridge Judge Business School, University of Cambridge, UK.

TESTIMONIALS ABOUT THE PROFESSOR

“After spending a bit less than 4 days in class with professor Terence Tse during Financial management module I was positively surprised with the amount of energy as well as the concise information received during the class. I think that professor Terence is an excellent tutor and teacher, and I was glad I got this opportunity to listen to him teach.” Vatroslav Čuljat, Strategic Purchasing Expert at A1 Hrvatska

“Professor Terence Tse lectures are a special kind of experiences – full of examples in real world and hands-on exercises which are invaluable for entrepreneurship and investing.“ Darko Tusek, Director at Inukom doo