MasterClasses

Stefan Lauer, Chief Executive Aviation Services and Human Resources, Deutsche Lufthansa

ESMT MasterClasses are an opportunity for ESMT Full-time and Executive MBA participants to become aquainted with high-ranking personalities practicing exceptional leadership. These include board members of major corporations or non-business leaders fulfilling an extra-ordinary role. 

Previous speakers have included *:

  • John M. Allan, CFO, Deutsche Post World Net
  • Dr. Frank Appel, CEO, Deutsche Post DHL
  • Subroto Bagchi, Chief Operating Officer, MindTree Consulting
  • Werner J. Bauer, CTO, Nestlé S.A. 
  • Wulf Bernotat, CEO, E.ON AG
  • Luis Cantarell, Executive Vice President, Nestlé S.A.
  • Jürgen Chrobog, Chairman BMW Foundation Herbert Quandt
  • Dr. Marijn Dekkers, Chairman of the Board of Management, Bayer AG
  • Michael Diekmann, Chairman of the Board of Management, Allianz SE
  • Prof. Dr. Detlev Ganten, CEO, Charité Hospital, Berlin
  • Manfred Gentz, Chairman of the Board of Directors, Zurich Financial Services
  • Dr. Rüdiger Grube, CEO, Deutsche Bahn AG
  • Derk Haank, CEO, Springer Science + Business Media
  • Dr. Michael Haidinger, President and Chief Operating Officer – Corporate & Regional Engines,  Rolls-Royce Germany
  • Klaus E. Heinrich, Member of the Executive Board, SAP
  • Dr. Henning Kagermann, President of Acatech, the German Academy of Technical Sciences and former CEO, SAP
  • Klaus Kleinfeld, President and CEO, Alcoa Inc.
  • Georg Knoth, CEO & Regional Executive, GE in Central Europe
  • Dr. Ulrich Köstlin, Member of the Board of Management, Bayer Schering Pharma AG
  • Johannes Laitenberger, Spokesman European Commission
  • Peter Löscher, CEO, Siemens
  • Frank Mattern, Managing Partner Germany, McKinsey & Co.
  • Wolfgang Mayrhuber, Chairman of the Executive Board and CEO, Lufthansa 
  • René Obermann, CEO, Deutsche Telekom
  • Dr. Andreas Penk, Head of Pfizer Germany and President Oncology Europe
  • Jean Peyrelevade, CEO, Credit Lyonais
  • Håkan Samuelsson, CEO, MAN AG
  • Carlo Vassallo, Country Manager, Ferrero Germany
  • Dr. Christian Veith, Senior Partner & Managing Director, Boston Consulting Group GmbH 
  • Dr. Andreas Wiele, Head of BILD Division and Magazines, Axel Springer AG
  • Ulrich Wilhelm, Head of the Press and Information Office of the German Federal Government and Government Spokesman
  • Dr. Reinhard Zinkann, member of the Board of Management and great-grandson of the founder of Miele
* Position at time of MasterClass lecture


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