GLOBAL BUSINESS SCHOOL NETWORK - Key Persons
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- CEO, Middle East & Africa
- Chief Executive Officer of DHL Freight
Since 2011 Amadou Diallo is Chief Executive Officer of DHL Freight, one of the leading providers of road freight services in Europe and beyond. He was previously Chief Executive Officer of Africa and South Asia Pacific DHL Global Forwarding and prior to this Chief Financial Officer of Deutsche Post DHL Logistics Divisions and Managing Director for the integration of Exel and DHL. Mr. Diallo has more than 25 years of experience in the tourism, banking, express and logistics industries. He was born in Senegal and is fluent in several languages including English, German, French, Fulani, Wolof and Spanish. Mr. Diallo is Chairman of the supervisory board of Amref Health Africa in Germany, member of the board of ARC Insurance and member of the Universal Business School of Mumbai.
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- Executive Director of AfriLabs
Anna Ekeledo is the Executive Director of AfriLabs - a Network Organisation of 240 Technology Innovation Hubs spread across 48 African Countries; leading AfriLabs to develop programmes and building partnerships that support African Innovation Hubs and other stakeholders raise high potential entrepreneurs that stimulates economic growth and social development in Africa.
Anna is an International Speaker, Trainer, Innovation Ecosystem Builder and Mentor. She is also an Advisor; amongst several advisory roles; a member of the Advisory Board at African Europe Innovation Partnership, an initiative supported by the European Commission, she also chairs the Working Party on AfCFTA Negotiations, eCommerce Forum Africa (EFA) and is a mentor on Google Launchpad Accelerator Africa for Entrepreneurs.
She is the Regional Innovation Lead Africa, at the EdTech Hub - the world's largest education technology research and innovation project which seeks to drive research and adoption of evidence based education technology in developing countries supported by the World Bank, FCDO and Bill & Melinda Gates.
Prior to joining AfriLabs, Anna was involved in pioneering various impact driven projects and new business units with organisations such as the Visiola Foundation, Wild Fusion Digital Centre, Google, Lagos Business Schoo l - Nigeria and Ingenico - a French global financial technology company.
Anna has a first class degree in Psychology from Covenant University, Nigeria and an M.Sc. International Marketing Management from Leeds University Business School, University of Leeds, UK.
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- Member of the Global Advantage
Arindam Bhattacharya is a member of the Global Advantage, Industrial Goods, Operations, and Public Sector practices at Boston Consulting Group. He is also a BCG Henderson Institute Alumni Fellow.
Previously, Arindam led BCG in India, was a member of the global leadership team of BCG's Industrial Goods practice and led the Industrial Goods practice in India. He was also the co- leader of BCG's Global Advantage Initiative and a co-founder and Director of the BCG Henderson Institute.
Arindam has worked extensively as a consultant and as a researcher. He focuses on portfolio and growth strategy, and the competitiveness of industrial companies. He has worked with India's central and state governments on a variety of topics covering both policy development (supporting a planning commission on development of a five-year plan for Indian industry) and transformation of large public systems to drive outcome (transformation of state school systems in Haryana and Rajasthan).
Arindam was a member of Confederation of Indian Industry's (CII) National Council for many years. He is member of International Advisory Council of Oxford India Center for Sustainable Development, Oxford University; a member of the International Advisory Board at the School of Public Policy, University of California San Diego; and a member of the advisory board and several expert committees set up by the government of India.
He is a co-author of the 2008 book "Globality: Competing with Everyone from Everywhere for Everything," which tells the story of a new era of international business competition-one in which global companies that grew up in rapidly developing economies are challenging the big, developed-country corporations that have been the globalization leaders for the last two decades.
Arindam is also a co-author of BCG's book, "Beyond Great," which describes how the world has been transformed due to social tension, economic nationalism, and technological revolution. Business leaders are encouraged to go beyond great and "adopt a radical new playbook-one that helps their companies become resilient in the face of even the most volatile situations."
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- Vice President of Social Impact / Visa
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- Chief Executive Officer
- CEO / Global Business School
Dan LeClair was named CEO of the Global Business School Network (GBSN) in February of 2019. Prior to GBSN, Dan was an Executive Vice President at AACSB International, an association and accrediting organization that serves some 1,600 business schools in more than 100 countries. His experience at AACSB includes two and half years as Chief Strategy and Innovation Officer, seven years as Chief Operating Officer, and five years as Chief Knowledge Officer.
A founding member of the Responsible Research in Business and Management (RRBM) initiative, Dan currently participates on its working board. He also serves in an advisory capacity to several organizations and startups in business and higher education. Before AACSB, Dan was a tenured associate professor and associate dean at The University of Tampa.
Dan played a lead role in creating a think-tank joint venture between the European Foundation for Management Development (EFMD) and AACSB and has been recognized for pioneering efforts in the formation of the UN's Principles for Responsible Management Education (PRME), where he served on the Steering Committee for many years. Dan has also participated in industry-level task forces for a wide range of organizations, including the Chartered Association of Business Schools, Graduate Management Admission Council, Executive MBA Council, and Aspen Institute's Business and Society Program.
Widely recognized as a thought leader in management education, Dan is the author of over 80 research reports, articles, and blogs, and has delivered more than 170 presentations in 30 countries. As a lead spokesperson for reform and innovation in management education, Dan has been frequently cited in a wide range of US and international newspapers, magazines, and professional publications, including the Wall Street Journal, Financial Times, New York Times, China Daily, Forbes, Fast Company, and The Economist.
Dan earned a PhD from the University of Florida writing on game theory.
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- Programs Assistant
- Programs Assistant / Global Business School
One of the greatest pleasures of Daniella's life is traveling and meeting new people along the way.
Currently, Daniella works with the Global Business School Network to advance local and relevant management education in the developing world. She is passionate about promoting international education and student development programs, as well as connecting with people committed to changing unjust around the globe.
Daniella is a native Virginian with a BA in International Relations and German from Randolph-Macon College. She is also pursuing an MA in Global Affairs, specializing in Governance and Public Management.
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- President Emeritus / Wheaton College / USA
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- European President and Professor of Marketing at CEIBS
- President ( European )
Dr. Dominique V. Turpin is the European President and Professor of Marketing at CEIBS. He joined CEIBS in September 2022. Prof. Turpin is a marketing expert and Japan specialist. He was IMD's Dentsu Chaired Professor of Marketing and the Dean of External Relations until 2022 and served as IMD President, Dean and Nestlé Professor from 2010 to 2016. Before joining IMD in 1986, he spent several years in Tokyo as a representative of a French firm in Japan. He earned a doctorate in economics from Sophia University in Tokyo, after receiving a master's degree in marketing from French business school ESSCA.
For his outstanding accomplishments in executive education, Prof. Turpin was awarded life-long membership of the International Academy of Management. Prof. Turpin is a board member of EFMD. He is also on the International Advisory Board of prestigious institutions such as the Stockholm School of Economics (SSE), Waseda Business School (Japan) and others. He has been a member of CEIBS Academic Council since the very beginning.
Prof. Turpin has extensive teaching, consulting, and research experience in the fields of marketing and international strategy in Europe, Latin America, and Asia, particularly in the areas of brand management, customer orientation, and communications strategy.
He remains active in the writing of case studies, and is working on two books-one with Goutam Challagalla on digital transformation in marketing, and another containing the many quotations from business leaders that he has gathered over his long career.
Prof. Turpin taught on IMD's flagship Orchestrating Winning Performance (OWP) program and was previously Director of the school's MBA program and its Program for Executive Development Diploma (PED). He has also directed customized programs for companies such as KAO, Mondelez, Groupe SEB, Panasonic and Japan Tobacco International, and he has worked as a consultant and management educator with a large number of international companies including Coca Cola, CPW, Danone, DSM, Jardine Matheson, Nestlé, Novo Nordisk, Philips and Uponor.
Prof. Turpin is the author of more than 100 books, articles and case studies. He has had articles published in the Financial Times, European Business Forum, and MIT Sloan Management Review, and has been a regular contributor to the Nihon Sangyo Shimbun, one of the leading business dailies in Japan. He is an editorial advisor for the Singapore Management Review.
Prof. Turpin's case studies have won several awards. His cases on Toyota and Kineer were recognized in the 2022 John Molson MBA International Case Writing Competition awards, and his case Sam100: Will construction robotics disrupt the US bricklaying industry? won an EFMD Case Writing Competition Award in 2020. He was also included on The Case Centre's list of the top 40 best-selling case authors both in 2015/16 and 2018/19. Prof. Turpin is Chairman of DAA Capital Partners, a Geneva-based private equity firm investing in impactful trends, and serves on the boards of several listed and unlisted companies and educational institutions.
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- Manager, Network Operations
- Manager, Network Operations / Global Business School
Emma joined GBSN as an events and communications intern in 2019 while studying at The George Washington University. In 2020, Emma stepped in to the role of Network Coordinator, working closely with GBSN member institutions and partners across globe to design and support programs and activities that engage the membership base and the broader network.
Before coming to GBSN, Emma worked on the Special Events team at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts where she worked on a wide variety of events including the Annual KC Gala and the Washington National Opera Gala. In her hometown of Holland, Michigan Emma worked with the non-profit Lakeshore Advantage providing resources to encourage economic development in the region and helping to kick off their $2 million Capital Campaign.
While studying at The George Washington University in Washington D.C., she served with many non-profit organizations through George Washington's Honey W. Nashman Center for Civic Engagement and Public Service including Reading Partners, We Are Family, and Charlie's Place. In 2019 & 2020, Emma was awarded the Gold Presidential Service award for completing over 240 hours in the academic year.
Emma graduated from The George Washington University with a Bachelors in Human Services and Social Justice in 2020.
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- Principal, Regional Account Lead and Program Director
Grace Chew focuses on building corporate development and talent management programs for Boards and Executive Committees, involving the development of next practices, sustainable value creation and innovation management. She is based in Washington DC and works globally.
Grace consults to senior management on external succession planning, talent strategy and change management across global industrial, technology, healthcare and government sectors, specializing in C-level roles that shape the future of mobility, software and new energy.
She is a non-linear thinker who brings Next Practices that can shape her clients' future.
Prior to joining Korn Ferry, she was a management consultant where she advised businesses and governments on their global and regional growth strategy.
Her key clients include automotive and aerospace OEMs, industrial and technology companies, startups and the US government.
Grace began her career in the public sector at the Singapore Economic Development Board where she negotiated the expansion of business operations of her key accounts, Unilever and L'Oréal and other European consumer companies into Singapore.
Grace speaks English, Spanish, Mandarin, Malay and basic French.
Grace has an Honors degree in Business Administration from the National University of Singapore, during which she was a summer research scholar at Peking University and an exchange student at the University of Western Ontario Richard Ivey Business School.
She was the co-author of "Zheng He's Art of Collaboration: Understanding the Legendary Chinese Admiral from a Management Perspective"; author of "Education Content for the future"; as well as several newspaper articles in the Singapore Business Times.
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- Founder / Global Business School
In 2003 Guy Pfeffermann founded the Global Business School Network on the principle that skilled management is critical to successful international development.
After 40 years as an economist at the World Bank, including 15 years as Chief Economist of the International Finance Corporation, he saw too often how lack of management talent was impeding economic and social development in communities throughout the developing world. GBSN pairs a robust network of experts with efficient administration to build institutional capacity, foster collaboration and disseminate knowledge, all aimed at promoting management education that delivers international best practice with local relevance. He retired from GBSN in 2017. In 2018 he founded Management Sciences for Wildlife Conservancies.
Born in Montauban, France, Mr. Pfeffermann received his Licence en Droit et Sciences Economiques in Paris in 1962 and was awarded first prize, Concours General, a French national inter-university essay competition. He was a Besse scholar at St. Antony's College, Oxford from 1962-65 and received a B.Litt. (Oxon.) in 1967 for his thesis: "Industrial Labour in Senegal," which was also published as a book.
From 2000-2003 he was an Adjunct Professor at Johns Hopkins University, School of Advanced International Studies. From 2003-2007, he was a member of the Board of Directors of the GlobalGiving Foundation. He published "Paths out of Poverty - The Role of Private Enterprise in Developing Countries (IFC, 2000). Other publications include "Technology, Education and the Developing World" in nBizEd, a publication of the AACSB (July/August 2013) and "Cutting a Path to Prosperity - How Education Pioneers are Building Better Business Schools for the Developing World… and Why" (with co-authors, 2013).
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- Chief Impact Officer
- Chief Impact Officer / Global Business School
Juliane's deep knowledge of higher education, business education, and global association leadership draws on nearly 20 years of experience with AACSB International, an association serving some 1700 member organizations in more than 100 countries. As senior vice president and chief knowledge officer at AACSB, Juliane led the organization's research team and agenda in support of thought leadership, advocacy, and global development objectives. She also facilitated innovation-focused workshops for thought leaders and led the association's data benchmarking services and industry magazine.
Juliane serves in advisory roles for other mission-driven organizations, including Responsible Research in Business and Management (RRBM).
A graduate of the University of Florida Warrington College of Business, Juliane lives with her husband and three children in Tampa, Florida.
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- Member Engagement Coordinator
- Member Engagement Coordinator / Global Business School
Julianna graduated from George Mason University with her Bachelors in Communication, concentrating in interpersonal and organizational communication.
Julianna has 12 years of experience working on designing and executing events in the restaurant industry. With her degree in communications, she plans to combine both her communications and marketing skills with her events experience to support the planning and execution of GBSN's flagship event, GBSN Beyond. Julianna is responsible for building and maintaining GBSN Impact Communities in addition to other member activities that facilitates engagement.
Prior to GBSN, Julianna worked at MedEvac Foundation International, an international development non-profit. Julianna aims to continue gaining experience in the non-profit world as she begins her career.
An avid lover of travel and culture, Julianna has traveled to 27 countries. She studied abroad in Milan, Italy where she studied media, fashion, and communication. Interacting with people of different cultures, ages and backgrounds is not new to her. Julianna looks forward to working with GBSN's global community.
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- President / BI Norwegian Business School / Norway
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- Dean / Mediterranean School of Business
Leila is Dean of the Mediterranean School of Business (MSB) - Tunisia, a leading Business School in the MEA region where she is responsible for establishing medium to long term goals, strategic planning, and academic management for a double accredited fast-growing business school (EFMD Bachelor and AMBA accredited).
Leila has over 15 years of experience in higher education administration, including academic leadership, strategic development and planning, program design and implementation. Analytical thinker with strong international network Leila is passionate about achieving social and economic development through education.
Before joining MSB, Leila was a sponsored researcher at the London School of Economics and Political Science where she taught economics and widened her research expertise. Prior to that appointment, she worked as a Consultant for the World Bank Group, Washington D.C. within the Financial Sector Group.
Leila serves today in the International Advisory Board of Nova School of Business and Economics in Lisbon, Portugal as well as in Pompeu Fabra Global Advisory Board, Spain. Leila is also involved in accreditation panels for AMBA and EFMD and serves in EFMD Accreditation Board since 2019 and AACSB MENA Advisory Council since 2021. Leila holds a MSc and a Ph. D in Economic Theory from Sorbonne University, France, as well as an EMBA from MSB.
Meriem leads the SEAF Innovation Funds Initiative in the Maghreb Region, investing in innovative startups and tech-enabled SMEs based in the Maghreb region. Prior to joining SEAF in 2017, Meriem spent more than 15 years in private equity in Europe and Africa. From 2002 through 2009, Meriem acted as investment director at Montagu Private Equity, formerly HSPC Private Equity, in the pan-European MBO Investment Fund that had more than 4bn in AUM. This provided Meriem with extensive deal and structuring experience in various sectors across Europe, from media and food to health, distribution and the automotive industry.
Beginning in 2010, Meriem served as Investment Director for an African Infrastructure Fund in Casablanca where she successfully raised and closed a pan-African Infrastructure Fund. While there, she also closed the fund's first deal in Kenya. Following her experience in private equity, Meriem became an entrepreneur and cofounded two companies in Morocco active in the agribusiness sector. During her entrepreneurial journey, Meriem felt the hardship of local entrepreneur and became deeply involved in the entrepreneurial ecosystem to bring solutions and foster other entrepreneurs. Meriem is a President of the CGEM's (the Moroccan employers' organization) Commission in charge of startup and entrepreneurship private sector initiatives in the country. She also serves as an advisor for various development finance institutions, advising on their program design for the region. Meriem graduated from ESSEC Business School with an MSc in Management and a major in Finance.
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- Chairman of the MBA Program at Western Governors University
Michelle Love is the chair of the MBA program at Western Governors University. A creative thinker and innovator with a background in marketing, entrepreneurship, education, and the arts, her unique perspective helps drive the vision of the college's graduate credentials. She has a particular passion for the transformative potential of business and the role business education plays in developing stakeholder-oriented leaders and change-makers. Michelle joined WGU in 2018 and has held several positions in higher education over the last 10 years. Michelle holds an MBA from City University of Seattle and a BFA from Washington State University.
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- Chief of the IE University Center for Corporate Learning Innovation
- Director, IE Center for Corporate Learning & Talent Management / IE University
Dr. Nick van Dam is an internationally recognized thought leader, adviser, researcher, author, and speaker on learning innovations and leadership development. Nick has over 30 years of business experience as a former partner, Chief Learning Officer, HR Executive, and Client Advisor at McKinsey & Company, Deloitte as well as Siemens. As an advisor he has served more than 100 clients around the world.
Nick is Chief of the IE University Center for Corporate Learning Innovation, serves on the University Advisory Board and is professor in Learning, Talent and Leadership Development. Additionally, he is a full professor at Nyenrode Business Universiteit (The Netherlands), as well as an associate professor at the University of Pennsylvania, where he works with candidates in the Executive Doctoral Program for Chief Learning Officers. He is affiliated with McKinsey as a Senior Advisor.
Nick has written articles for various publications and has been quoted by Harvard Business Review, Financial Times, Wall Street Journal, Fortune Magazine, Business Week, India Times, Information Week, Management Consulting, CLO Magazine and TD Magazine.
He has authored and coauthored more than 25 books and numerous articles on innovations in learning and leadership development. Under the patronage of the European Parliament Federal Ministry of Education & Research, he received the 2013 Leonardo European Corporate Learning Award for ‘shaping the future of organizational learning and leadership development'.
He is the founder of the e-Learning for Kids Foundation, which has provided digital lessons for more than 20 million underprivileged elementary school children.
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- Director, Global Initiatives / Amazon
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- Multimedia Content Creator / Global Business School
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- Director, Programs & Partnerships / Global Business School
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- President & CEO / Graduate Management Admission Council / USA
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- Dean Professor of Management
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- Dean Elect / Saïd School of Business
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- APAC Talent Acquisition Leader Partner