
Partners and donors
On behalf of the ESMT Berlin community, I would like to express my gratitude to all individuals and organizations supporting the school and its work. ESMT owes much of its enviable success to those who believed in our potential and invested in helping us to realize it. As president, it is my daily privilege to see the inspiring work enabled by our supporters. – Jörg Rocholl, President, ESMT Berlin
Each individual and organization that has contributed to the ongoing success of ESMT, is named on this page as a mark of our gratitude. If your name is missing, or you would like your name to be removed. Please contact us at development@esmt.org.
Supporters of our professorships
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Deutsche Bank Professorship in Sustainable Finance
Inauguration: September 15, 2022
Chair: Jörg Rocholl President of ESMT and Deutsche Bank Professor in sustainable finance.
The Deutsche Bank Professorship in Sustainable Finance is the first chaired professorship within the FUTURE 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.
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Deutsche Post DHL Professorship in Sustainable Accounting
Inauguration: July 1, 2022
Chair: Per Olsson, Dean of Faculty and Research and the Deutsche Post DHL Group Professor in Sustainable Accounting.
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.
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Deutsche Telekom Chair in Leadership and HR Development
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.
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ESMT Chair in Entrepreneurship
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.
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Ingrid and Manfred Gentz Chair in Business and Society
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.
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Joachim Faber Chair in Business and Technology
Inaguration: February 14, 2023
Chair: Francis de Véricourt Professor, Joachim Faber Chair in Business and Technology, President's Chair, Academic Director of the Institute for Deep Tech Innovation (DEEP), and Director of the Center for Decisions, Models and Data (DMD-Center).
The chair focuses on the innovations and startups based on cutting-edge technologies, such as artificial intelligence, new materials, and biotechnology. The goal of the chair is to gain and apply scientific knowledge to solve challenges in the field of business and society through the transfer and scaled application of the latest technologies.
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Lufthansa Group Chair in Innovation
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.
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Michael Diekmann Chair in Management Science
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.
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Volkswagen Group Junior Chair for Diversity in Organizations
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.
Supporters of our centers
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Center for Financial Reporting and Auditing (CFRA) supporting partners (until 2021)
- 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
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Digital Society Institute (DSI) supporting partners
- Allianz SE
- BASF SE
- Ernst & Young GmbH Wirtschaftsprüfungsgesellschaft
- Volkswagen AG
Read about the DSI.
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Hidden Champions Institute (HCI) supporting partners
- BDI (Federation of German Industries)
- Egon Zehnder
- Knauf Gips KG
- Marquard & Bahls
- The Boston Consulting Group GmbH
Read about the HCI.
Supporters from our network of alumni and friends
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Bruno Ahrens
Benedict Aicher
Azer Aliyev
Dilek Altin
Zoltán Antal-Mokos
Pramod Arikal
Jean-Christoph Arntz
Iurie Ataman
Nishant Aurora
Amy Austin
Kiran Ayodhya
Elisabeth Baker
Aditya Banerjee
Anukta Banerjee
Sumitro Banerjee
Fabian Bannasch
Moneef Barakat
Costina Barbu
James Barnes
Nick Barniville
Lavinia Bauerochse
Murat Bayrak
Falk Behmer
Rainer Berghausen
Francis Bidault
Klaus Biehl
Andrej Bievetski
Oliver Bilal
Timo Blon
Marius Böhm
Peter Borchers
Joachim Borgs
Thomas Bornemann
Clemens Brandstetter
Alexandra Braun
Stefano Breda
Tobias Brendel
Rene Brockhausen
Andrea Busch
Francisco Bustamante
Arti Buxi
Daniele Cardone
Toby Carrington
Angelina Cepareanu
Marianella Chabaneau
Valentin Checa
Andra Giovana Chircu
Nilesh Chitre
Dionissis Christodoulopoulos
Peter Cichon
Michael Clausecker
Maxime Clermont
Aaron Clobes
Ana-Maria Copotoiu
Daniel Martin Cornejo
Paulo Cruz
Ors Cseresnyes
Marion Dalichau
Annett Daldrup
Rama Krishna Dama
Anke Dassler
Alexander Degenhart
Thomas Dehm
Javier Vallaure de la Paz
Isabella Della Santina
Maria de Lourdes Vázquez-Merchant
Daniela del Valle y Fuentes
Amélie Deschamps
Henrike Diers
Massimo di Tria
Andile Dlamini
Mfundo Dlamini
Marina Dolgopolova
Marina Dorn
Sarah Droll
Anne Katharina Drope
Dietmar Droste
Andrew Ducas
Natalia Dumont
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Andreas Eichstaedt
Moritz Eisenhardt
Okan Ekinci
Oliver Engels
Enrico Enghardt
Anilkumar E.S
Veit Etzold
Benjamin Eule
Galen Evans
Hristo Evtimov
Dominik Felske
Klaus Fiedler
Andrew Flather
Isabel Fleischer
Simone Flesch
Sergiu Foca
Simeon Franke
Michele Gaffo
Albina Galeeva
Volkmar Galke
Alejandro Gamboa
Georg Garlichs
Andrian Gavrilita
Christine Geier
Geng Geng
Geevarughese George
André Gerhardy
Tobias Gern
Becky Gilbert
Natalia Giovanoli
Sarah Glofcheskie
Andreas Gödecke
Amitai Golub
Jacopo Gottlieb
Christopher Grix
Kateryna Grunert
Bedrettin Guener
Janine Gutermuth
Ralph Haiger
Christina Hakvoort-Doebler
Catherine Halford Riera
Oliver Hasse
Harry Hauck
Peter Heift
Matthias Heiss
Ulrike Helbig
Mariana Helguera
Sven Henkes
Kristen Herde
Oliver Herrmann
Mathias Hess
Volker Hillmann
Henk Höllmann
Tim Holderer
Benedict Holmes
Zhixian Hou
NaiWen Hsu
Benjamin Huber
Sylvain Huck
Sergey Ignatyev
Tatiana Isabel Iriarte
Viara Ivanova
Rahul Jain
Thomas Jameson
Claudia Jandl
Karthi Jayabalan
Rajshri Jayaraman
Siegfried Jegels
Ralf Jödicke
Jens Jorch
Sandro Jordao
Melissa Jun Hara
Marcel Kalis
Ulrike Karbjinski
Bernd Keller
Swati Khandelwal
Gagan Deep S. Khurana
Funda Kirezci
Robert Erik Klaassen
Arne Klatt
Johannes Klein
Stephanie Kluth
Olaf König
Rahul Konwar
Franziska Korn
Konstantin Korotov
Julian Kriesel
Andriy Krupa
Alexey Kryuchkov
Larisa Kryuchkova
Tereza Kubinova
Michael Kühler
Deepak Kumar
Martin Kupp
Michele Lagioia
Veith Lamparth
Giorgia Lancia
Marie Langleist
Thomas Lautenbach
Thorsten Lehmann
Alfonso Leon
Martin Leuschner
Robert Libera
He Liu
Christine Lorenz
Malte Lorenz
Ralf Losch
Alexander Lozán
Christian Ludwig
Johannes Ludwig
Katharina Ludewig
Stefan Lummert
Clement Luton
Romulus Lutsch
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Daniel Mahayni
Annette Malmann
Ritesh Mandaviya
Steven Mar
Carlos Mares
Daniel Martin
Santiago Martinez Ochoa
Flor Maria Martinez Pineda
Matthias Marzok
Angela McClellan
Gerald Meckl
Hardy Mehl
Willi Meixner
Ghim Meng (Jimmy) Low
Ulrich Merz
John Miller
Christian Michalski
Vesna Misanovic
Sepehr Mohajer
Armin Mokhtarian
Urs Müller
Natalia Mylovanova
Sandeep Nargund
Serghei Nastas
Veronika Naumann
Natalia Nazarova
Matida Ndlovu
Peter Nestmann
Franziska Neugebauer
Michael Nicodemus
Philipp Dennis Niederhagen
Aysenur Nuhoglu
Adeola Olatunji
Stefano Oleari
Elena Omelchenko
Carmen Ostwald
Shirish Pandit
Roashan Patel
Adrian Pawellek
Sergiy Petrov
Andrea Piazza
Jonathan Plamondon-Ratté
Wulff Plinke
Irina Pollmeier
Kenneth J. Pope
Manuel Jesus Portillo
Michele Prà
Martin Prescher
Christoph Preusse
Maxim Pushkarev
Jenni Pyytövaara
Henning Rackow
Felix Radavero
Soha Rashed
Christian Rauscher
Kai-Uve Reckstadt
Sven Redenbach
Janna Regina
Jens Reichel
Dirk Reichmann
Larissa Reinprecht
Santiago Remón
Stefan Rentsch
Jan Rijnen
Carolina Rincon
Roman Risken
Erland Ritter
Andre Rocha
Mario Roessler
Luisa Rouillard
Tristan Rouillard
Ana Rozman
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Alejandro Salazar Sanchez
Parviz Sadegh-Azar
Ajay Sathe
Marcelo Savignano
Marcella Scarpa
Stephan Schäfer
Christian Schaible
Andreas Schiel
Thorsten Schilling
Jens Schindler
Torsten Schneider
Michael Scholtmann
Christian Scholz
Volker Schramm
Wolfgang Schröer
Cornelius E. Schulthess
Lennart Schulenburg
Bar Schwartz
Casey Sedgman
Ye Sheng
Natalia Shilova
Anne Siegmann
Frank Spenling
Claus Spizig
Ananthapadmanabhan Srinivasan
Wiebke Stadler
Leif Straatmann
Ulrich Strieder
Naoki Sugata
Michael Szadurski
Hiroshi Takimoto
Tendeukai Tapera
Agustin Gerardo Tenorio Bilbao
Alexandra Tenshchuk
Enrique Thayer
Stephan Theusinger
Elena Timofeeva
Uta and Michael Tobai
Carolin Tolksdorf
Rahul Tongia
Giacomo Totis
Thomas Trapp
Matthias Treutwein
Alexander Trost
Dylan Tsai
Kuzey Tuna
Samuel Tuke
Jeroen Vanfraechem
Arina van Oost
Iciar Vargas
Gustavo Vaz
Camilo Vesga Mahecha
Elka Villaizan
Pratheet Vinjamur
Martin Vörtmann
Nicola Voss
Robert Vranitzky
Mirko Wagner
Martin Walter
Carel Weijand
Heinrich Weiss
Stefanie Werler
Alexander Werner
Hiltrud Werner
Angelika Wetzstein
Otger Wewers
Wolfgang Wiese
Sean Wiid
Bodo Winkler
Oliver Wohllebe
Pi-Ken Wong
Daniel Worlikar
Babak Yazdani
Chia-Ju Yu
Marco Zagonel
Ghita Zahir
Lucyna Zaleska
Ondrej Zaoral
MinLi Zhang
Ziyu Blanca Zhou
Sigitas Zutautas