The supervisory board of ESMT Berlin has extended the contracts of Prof. Jörg Rocholl, president of ESMT Berlin, and Georg Garlichs, CFO, for five more years.

Benedict Aicher, the head of the DigitalFuture Summit and MIM student at ESMT Berlin, comments, “The DigitalFuture Summit is an event organized by students for students.

ESMT Berlin is holding the ESMT Annual Forum “Agility. Leading in Transition” on June 22, 2017. International business leaders and academics join the one-day conference to discuss the opportunities and challenges of agile business strategy and methods in the age of digitalization.

ESMT Berlin and the African Institute of Mathematical Sciences (AIMS) have launched the Industry Immersion Program (IIP) to prepare African graduates to transition from an academic environment to an applied industry setting.

The Digital Society Institute (DSI) at ESMT Berlin welcomes Michael Hange, former president of the Federal Office for Information Security (BSI), as new external affiliate. Michael Hange will support the DSI in cybersecurity questions, assist with workshops and conferences, and contribute to publication and research of the DSI.

ESMT Berlin is hosting the dialogue forum “Think 20 Summit – Global Solutions” on May 29-30, 2017. At the two-day conference, the world’s leading research institutes and think tanks from the G20 countries will gather in Berlin to discuss, evaluate, and adopt recommendations for solving issues of global importance.

ESMT Berlin has been ranked 14th in the first The Economist “Which MBA?” global ranking of the top 40 Masters in Management (MIM) programs.

ESMT Berlin placed 8th globally in the 2017 Financial Times Executive Education combined ranking of open enrollment and customized programs (2016: 12th).

With a positive net income after taxes once again, the annual figures 2016 of ESMT Berlin document the successful development of the international business school.

The international accrediting body for business schools AACSB (Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business) has extended the accreditation of ESMT Berlin for five years.

Prof. Linus Dahlander will hold the Lufthansa Group Chair for Innovation at ESMT Berlin. With this chair, the Lufthansa Group intends to support research and teaching in the field of innovation at ESMT. The ceremony will take place on May 16 at ESMT Berlin.

Across industries, women are underrepresented in IT roles, particularly in leadership positions. To help in addressing the deficit, ESMT Berlin is offering two partial scholarships for the business school’s IT Leadership Program (ITL), each valued at EUR 4,450.

The startup JetEight, which was founded by the two ESMT Berlin Master’s in Management students Ruben Portz and Lisa Makarova, has been selected for the prestigious acceleration program of Startupbootcamp Smart Transportation & Energy, a leading global startup accelerator located in Berlin and focusing on connected and efficient mobility.

The Digital Society Institute (DSI) at ESMT Berlin and the Castex Chair of Cyber Strategy at the Institut des hautes études de défense nationale (IHEDN) in Paris have announced their cooperation to support international research on cybersecurity.