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Inauguration:   Details to follow soon.

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The Deutsche Bank Professorship in Sustainable Finance is the first chaired professorship within the FUTURIST Institute for Sustainable Transformation. It underpins the commitment of ESMT Berlin to promote economic growth while reducing pressure on the natural environment and taking Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) factors into consideration. This professorship will examine incentives and risk-sharing options, providing important insights into future policy frameworks.

Inauguration:  July 1, 2013

Chair: Catalina Stefanescu-Cuntze, Professor of Management Science and Deutsche Post DHL Chair

The Deutsche Post DHL Chair supports teaching, research, and publication focused on the design, analysis, application of statistical models, and methods for managerial decision-making. This encompasses topics such as revenue management, analytics, and competition in the era of the data-based economy.

Inauguration:  May, 2011

Chair: Matthew S. Bothner, Professor of Strategy and Deutsche Telekom Chair in Leadership and HR Development

As a founding partner, the Deutsche Telekom AG and ESMT Berlin have extensively collaborated to produce quality scientific research and practical knowledge transfer. The Deutsche Telekom Chair in Leadership and HR Development addresses the measurement and consequences of status, social networks, and organizational design, with research and teaching that centers on agile leadership, ambidexterity, innovation, and the Matthew Effect. 

Inauguration:  May 15, 2017

Chair:  Henry Sauermann, Associate Professor of Strategy, ESMT Chair in Entrepreneurship, and Director of the Institute for Endowment Management and Entrepreneurial Finance (IFEE)

The ESMT Chair in Entrepreneurship examines the role of human capital in science, innovation, and entrepreneurship, as well as crowdfunding and crowd-based business models. Among others, research topics include the role of individuals’ ability, preferences, and structural constraints in shaping founding decisions or decisions to join new ventures as an early employee.

Inauguration: February 6, 2019

Chair: Gianluca Carnabuci, Associate Professor of Organizational Behavior, Ingrid and Manfred Gentz Chair in Business and Society, and Associate Dean of Executive Education

The chair’s aims to develop relevant scientific knowledge to help leaders act competently and responsibly. With emphasis on corporate responsibility, the chair’s research and teaching focuses on role of trust-based networks and leadership.

Inauguration:  May 16, 2018

Chair:  Linus Dahlander, Associate Professor of Strategy and Lufthansa Group Chair in Innovation

The Lufthansa Group Chair in Innovation focuses on areas such as network dynamics, communities, and open and distributed innovation. Key and reoccurring themes of publications, teaching, and presentations include corporate management, entrepreneurship, and innovation for organizations.

Inauguration:  June 15, 2016

Chair: Tamer Boyaci, Professor of Management Science, Michael Diekmann Chair in Management Science, and Director of Research

The Michael Diekmann Chair in Management Science aims to consolidate the interconnectedness of sustainability and profitability. It focuses on the development and application of concepts to solve managerial issues. With interdisciplinary approaches, the chair supports companies in making sustainable decisions.

Inauguration:   October 10, 2021

Chair:  Tatiana Lluent, Associate Professor of Strategy and Volkswagen Group Junior Chair for Diversity in Organizations

The Volkswagen Group Junior Chair for Diversity in Organizations will center on social and organizational processes and examine how career advancement, compensation, and entrepreneurial activities differ across genders. Furthermore, the chair will explore mechanisms that create opportunities to reduce and overcome inequalities and highlight the benefits of diverse leadership teams.

• Allianz SE
• Daimler AG
• Deloitte
• Ernst & Young GmbH Wirtschaftsprüfungsgesellschaft
• KPMG Wirtschaftsprüfungsgesellschaft AG
• Linde AG
• PricewaterhouseCoopers AG 
• Siemens AG
• Stifftungsfonds Deutsche Bank im Stifterverband für die Deutsche Wissenschaft e.V

Read about CFRA. 

• Accenture
• Adidas
• BNP Paribas
• Covestro
• Deutsche Bank
• Deutsche Telekom
• E.ON
• Enel
• Evonik
• H&M
• ING
• McDonald’s
• McKesson
• Merck
• Orange
• Osram
• PricewaterhouseCoopers
• Siemens 
• UniCredit
• Volkswagen

Read about the CSBL

• Allianz SE
• BASF SE
• Ernst & Young GmbH Wirtschaftsprüfungsgesellschaft
• Volkswagen AG

Read about the DSI.

• BDI (Federation of German Industries)
• Egon Zehnder
• Knauf Gips KG
• Marquard & Bahls
• The Boston Consulting Group GmbH

Read about the HCI. 

Benedict Aicher

Azer Aliyev

Dilek Altin

Iurie Ataman

Fabian Bannasch

Moneef Barakat

Costina Barbu

Lavinia Bauerochse

Murat Bayrak

Klaus Biehl

Oliver Bilal

Joachim Borgs

Thomas Bornemann

Stefano Breda

Tobias Brendel

Rene Brockhausen

Peter Cichon

Michael Clausecker

Aaron Clobes

Daniel Martin Cornejo

Henrike Diers

Andile Dlamini

Dietmar Droste

Galen Evans

Dominik Felske

Isabel Fleischer

Simeon Franke

Jacopo Gottlieb

Catherine Halford Riera

Oliver Hasse

Ulrike Helbig

Tim Holderer

Rahul Jain

Claudia Jandl

Karthi Jayabalan

Ralf Jödicke

Jens Jorch

Bernd Keller

Robert Erik Klaassen

Tereza Kubinova

Martin Kupp

Robert Libera

Malte Lorenz

Johannes Ludwig

Stefan Lummert 

Matthias Marzok

Gerald Meckl

Hardy Mehl

Ulrich Merz

Natalia Mylovanova

Michael Nicodemus

Philipp Dennis Niederhagen

Shirish Pandit

Jonathan Plamondon-Ratté

Jens Reichel

Dirk Reichmann

Larissa Reinprecht

Stefan Rentsch

Roman Risken

Lennart Schulenburg

Ulrich Strieder

Hiroshi Takimoto

Uta and Michael Tobai

Giacomo Totis

Samuel Tuke

Jeroen Vanfraechem

Camilo Vesga Mahecha

Pratheet Vinjamur  

Martin Walter

Heinrich Weiss

Hiltrud Werner

Otger Wewers

Daniel Worlikar

Chia-Ju Yu

Sigitas Zutautas