Teaching strategic management and creation of new ventures in turbulent and unpredictable times: Andreas is founder and Director of IBR. He has teaching experience with universities in Europe, America and Asia. Furthermore, he is experienced in setting up businesses in different cultures and consulted multi-national companies such as BASF, Monsanto, Michelin Group, and the Union Bank of Switzerland.

Dr., M.S., B.A.

Teaching financial managements for senior management and entrepreneurs: His vision is to demystify finance and to equip decision makers with information to make decisions on the spot. Keith's background includes executive management positions, international management consulting and ten years as Founding Professor of Accounting, Finance & Business Studies in Australia and Europe.

Professor, PhD, MA, BA, Dip Ed.(Tertiary), FCPA (Fellow Australian Certified Public Accountants), MACE (Member Australian College of Education)

André mentors IBR students in order to let them create tangible value through applied research for themselves and the businesses that they represent. He draws on extensive executive management experience in the banking and IT industries in Europe, America, Asia and Africa for over 40 years. As an academic, he supervises Masters and Doctoral research worldwide. His personality and the uniqueness of combining business and research experience have been appraised by many student generations.

Professor, Doctorates in Commerce (D.Com), Engineering (D.Phil) and Technology (Ph.D)

Specialising in international strategic and human resource management: As a true Belgian, Emile has gained teaching experience in many regions of the world, with European, Asian, American and African universities. His insight into running organisations in various cultures and his passion for the individual student explain why he is a precious asset in the IBR MBA faculty.

Professor, B.D. B.K. & O.M., Lic. B.W., Kan.B.W.

Peter is the author of the Human Resource Management Module in the IBR Global MBA. Students enjoy working with him as he has a rich background in coaching, and mentoring working professionals who study executive management programmes in leading European business schools. Furthermore, his research includes activities to further qualify senior management to lead staff in different cultures and international environments, to manage change, and to solve complexity.

M.A., H.N.D., B.A. (Hons)

Thorsten’s interest in the IBR Global MBA is in facilitating the development of executive management skills that are needed to run businesses successfully. He challenges executives to intensively question their own personality traits, values and personal understanding of what responsible leadership signifies. Having worked for German multinational companies in Europe, America, Asia and Africa, he is well aware of what is meant to lead across cultures. He is a popular trainer at companies in the likes of Daimler, Bosch, Siemens, Commerzbank and Adidas, and lectures for German universities.

Diplom Kaufmann

Leadership education is at the heart of Larry’s passion. He invests himself in the development of progressive leaders that seek the next higher level of leadership and who wish to grow their knowledgebase in this management discipline. As a professor of human resource management and business psychology, he has been working for German and Swedish universities and developed a comprehensive leadership model that has been successfully applied in companies like Siemens, SEB Bank and Walmart. Students and working professionals consider his teaching of value.

PhD., MBA, B.A.

Conrad contributes to the IBR Global MBA by coaching working professionals to systematically develop proposals for executive decision making. As a researcher who is based in the UK he draws on the rich experience of working for European, American and African institutions, both in the academic and business worlds. Currently, he works as a market researcher in business projects that require reliable data across cultures.

PhD, MSc., MBA,

Paula’s interest in the management world focuses on investments and the facilitation of international business ventures. She is a founding member of VUYA! Investments, and her investment portfolio include significant investors in the likes of TÜV Rheinland and Henkel in South Africa. Her rich experience in setting up new business ventures and consulting businesses in Europe and South Africa amicably equips her to teach and coach executives in international business and entrepreneurship.

BSc, Kandidaatsexamen, MSc, PhD

Teaching integrated marketing communications and sustainable leadership: Wilfried’s background of a professor at Stuttgart Media University allows him to research marketing concepts in Stuttgart, the Silicon Valley of Germany. His students benefit greatly from his applied approach to marketing that does not focus on emotions and buzz words of today, but on sustainable marketing concepts for businesses that need to survive in global competition.

Prof. Dr.

Marketing and the particular requirements of the new economy for executives are among the teaching and research interests of Bernie. He loves exposing MBA students to discover the implications of state of the art marketing concepts in their business environments. As an entrepreneur, consultant and university lecturer, Bernie easily relates to his students on issues that are linked to practical marketing.

BA, BTh, Lis. Theol., MTh, DTh, MBL

Janos has a passion for teaching financial management. Within the context of the IBR Global MBA he invests himself in equipping executives with tools that they are able to apply in practice. Having served on numerous boards of directors and supervisory boards of leading European companies in the telecom, banking and engineering sector, he is well aware of how important it is to not only know about finance, but to be able to apply financial know-how as a non-financial executive.

PhD, MBA, MSc

As a member in the IBR Global MBA faculty, Andreas focuses on coaching executives in order to equip them with the required skills to create successful new ventures as intra- or entrepreneurs. He does this in the classroom of German universities as well as in companies such as Daimler, Deutsche Bank and also non-governmental organizations.

BA, MA

Kobus is an expert in facilitating distance learning. He has been pioneering IBR business consultation sessions via web conferencing technology. In so doing, he draws on experience in internationalizing executive education of Dutch and American universities by means of distance learning technology. Students praise him for running tutoring sessions and residential periods in strategic and financial management.

PhD, M Com, B Com Hons, B Com

Kevin teaches strategic management with a particular focus on the banking sector, off-shore and global outsourcing. Kevin’s specialised knowledge stems nearly 20 years of executive banking experience in global financial institutions in Switzerland such as UBS and Credit Suisse. His teaching is grounded in systematic analysis approaches.

Professor, Ph.D, MA, BSc

Solving problems in operations across cultures embraces the focus of Adrienne’s contribution to the IBR Global MBA. She incorporates into her teachings the experience of management across cultures, from Europe to the Far East and North America. Having worked in senior management positions for companies such as Nokia, Alcatel, Samsung and Philips, she is well acquainted with both the new and old economies.

MBA, MSc. B.S.

Andrea teaches Human Resource Management. Her main objective is to encourage MBA students to reflect on own management behaviour and to coach them in shaping their personality to the next level. Working professionals appreciate her approach to teaching and learning. Andrea builds on many years of consulting and coaching experience in the business world, as well as at universities in Germany and Austria.

Mag. Phil.

How to operationalize strategic management planning at all levels in organisations is Eli’s research and teaching interest. He is known for his abilities as an astute strategist and draws accolades where ever he teaches.

BSc, MBA