Faculty
Welcome from the Associate Dean of Faculty
At ESMT we recruit, develop and promote a diverse and international world-class faculty. We strive to build a productive environment that supports deep, rigorous and original research aimed at top academic publications. Industry backing provides further stimulation and opportunities to generate ideas that have power in practice and feed creative teaching approaches with substantial insights. Our faculty is further enriched with a number of "faculty professionals," who combine business experience with strong academic credentials. In sum, we form a resourceful, open-minded, dedicated, and dynamic group geared towards making important contributions to business knowledge and education.
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- Derek F. Abell (UK)
Professor emeritus - Zoltán Antal-Mokos (Hungary)
Associate Professor and Director of the Executive MBA Program - Sumitro Banerjee (India)
Assistant Professor - Guillermo Baquero (Ecuador)
Assistant Professor - Francis Bidault (France)
Full Professor and Director of the Full-time MBA Program - Niels Billou (Canada)
Assistant Professor - Christoph Burger (Germany)
Faculty Professional - Francis de Véricourt (France)
Full Professor and Associate Dean of R&D - Hans W. Friederiszick (Germany)
Faculty Professional - Michał Grajek (Poland)
Assistant Professor - Jan U. Hagen (Germany)
Faculty Professional - Rajshri Jayaraman (Canada)
Assistant Professor
- Manfred Kets de Vries (The Netherlands)
Distinguished Professor and Director of the Center for Leadership Development Research - Konstantin Korotov (Russia)
Associate Professor - Martin Kupp (Germany)
Faculty Professional - Zhike Lei (China)
Assistant Professor - Ulrich Linnhoff (Germany)
Faculty Professional - Wulff Plinke (Germany)
Dean of ESMT - Olaf Plötner (Germany)
Faculty Professional - Mario Rese (Germany)
Affiliate Professor - Jörg Rocholl (Germany)
Associate Professor - Lars-Hendrik Röller (Germany)
President of ESMT - Simon Wakeman (New Zealand)
Assistant Professor - Luc Wathieu (Belgium)
Full Professor and Associate Dean of Faculty


