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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.

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.

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.

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. 

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

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

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

Read about the HCI. 

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

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

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

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