Erik H. Schlie
ESMT Visiting Faculty
Since 2003, Prof. Schlie has taught more than 1,000 international executives and has personally directed over 35 individual executive education programs, ranging in complexity from three straight days to modular six weeks. Erik’s previous in-company program experience includes teaching and developing executives from: Allianz, Coca-Cola, Deutsche Bank, Deutsche Telekom, E.ON, Elster, HVB Group, KPMG, MAN, McDonald’s, and Postbank. Moreover, he taught as visiting professor in various executive programs at IMD, London Business School, IEDC Bled School of Management, TKK Helsinki University of Technology, and CKGSB (Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business).
Prof. Schlie joined IE Business School in January 2009 and holds visiting professorships at ESMT and the Judge Business School at the University of Cambridge. Erik’s previous professional experience includes four years with PricewaterhouseCoopers’ (formerly Coopers & Lybrand’s) management consultancy, where he was Senior Manager in charge of international banking projects. Prior to that, he conducted research at the World Bank in Washington, D.C.
His research and teaching interests include the interfaces between marketing, strategy and innovation. Erik has published articles in European Management Journal and Journal of General Management. Finally, Erik has participated in programs for faculty development at Harvard Business School, IMD in Switzerland, and Richard Ivey in Canada.
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