IE UNIVERSITY - Key Persons
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- Director of the IE Library
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- Member of the Board of Trustees
- Head of Institutional Relations I
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- Head of Admissions - Graduate Programs, Admissions & Enrollment
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- Chairman and CEO, Kohlmann & Co AG Chairman of Advisory Board, Global Peter Drucker Forum
Angelica Kohlmann, a German-Brazilian citizen based in Switzerland, holds an MD PhD in Medicine from Hamburg University. She started her career in cancer research in the US, and later moved to the pharmaceutical industry, working in various positions, such as Strategy, M&A, Financial Planning and Head Global Restructuring. Later, Angelica became an investor in biotech and tech startups, with some meaningful exits. During this time, she co-founded Bloom Diagnostics, a fast-growing MedTech company, where she acts as Chairman. Angelica is a member of the Board of Directors Lonza Group, Chairman Kohlmann & Co and Chairman Advisory Board Peter Drucker Society Europe/ Global Peter Drucker Forum, Vienna. Angelica also serves on the Board of philanthropic organizations as the Swiss Technion Society, where she is President.
Angelica is passionate about new technologies, which will help people live longer and better around the globe.
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- Member of the House of Lords
- Member of the House of Lords, Parliament of the United Kingdom
Baroness Usha Prashar is a crossbench member of the House of Lords and has served as chair of a variety of public and private organizations. Currently, Baroness Prashar is the Chair of Trustees at Cumberland Lodge, Advisor to Nationwide Building Society, Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts, Governor of the Ditchley Foundation, and President of the National Literacy. She is also a trustee of Nationwide Foundation and of Beacon Collaborative, an organisation promoting philanthropy. Moreover, Baroness Prashar is a member of the International Advisory Committee of the IE Business School in Madrid, and Patron of Social Mobility Business Partnerships. Since January 2021 Baroness Prashar has been a member of Sky Group‘s Diversity Advisory Council.
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- Chairman Emeritus of the Board, Volkswagen
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- Member of the Board of Trustees
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- Director of Alumni Programs
Carolina Barco has served for over thirty years in senior public policy and diplomatic positions.
She was Colombia's Foreign Minister from 2002 to 2006 during President Alvaro Uribe's first term and Ambassador to the United States from 2006 to 2010. As Ambassador, she focused on seeking the approval of the Free Trade Agreement with the United States, continued socio-economic and security cooperation with Plan Colombia. Recently, she was Colombia's Ambassador to the Kingdom of Spain during 2019 and 2020.
She was a consultant for eight years with the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) directly involved in creating and implementing the Emerging and Sustainable Cities Program (ESCI) in over 60 mid-size cities in Latin-America and the Caribbean. Previously she was Director of City Planning of Bogotá, implementing the first ten-year regional and urban plan (Plan de Ordenamiento Territorial). She headed several UNDP programs in Housing at the Ministry of Economic Development, and the Historic Towns Program at the Culture Ministry. At the University of the Andes, she was the Director of the research program on the development of Bogotá and its surrounding region.
She is on several boards, including the Council of the Fundación Santa Fé de Bogotá, an outstanding University Hospital; the University of the Andes Foundation; Global Americans' International Advisory Board, and the EGA International Advisory Board.
She received a BA from Wellesley College, a Master's in City Planning from the Graduate School of Design at Harvard University and an Executive MBA from the Instituto de Empresa. She was a Fellow at the SPURS Program at MIT.
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- Head of Humanities - Humanities Center
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- Director of the Center for Diversity
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- Director of Social Innovation
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- Director of the IE Center for Families in Business
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- Head of Financial Aid and Student Services
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- Director Publishing, Knowledge Management
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- Member of the Board of Trustees
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- Member of the Board of Trustees
- President
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- Partner, Ship Finance Solutions
Dimitri is a senior corporate financier with a focus in the international shipping industry, having advised on, developed and managed USD multibillion-large corporate loans' portfolios over a period of 20 years (1996-2015), for Citibank (where he was Managing Director & Head of Greek Shipping), and National Bank of Greece (as the Managing Director of NBG London, and as the head of NBG's shipping finance division).
In 2017, he co-founded Ship Finance Solutions, a financial consulting firm specialising in shipping, that has successfully advised in over USD1.
Dimitri is also serving on the boards of small organisations focusing on education (the International Propeller Club of the United States, Port of Piraeus), art (the Angelos & Leto Katakouzenos Foundation), and the environment (Medasset Lily Venizelos Foundation).
Dimitri is an alum of the National Technical University of Athens (MSc in Mechanical Engineering), HEC Paris (MBA), and The Fletcher School (MALD).
Dr. Ismail Ahmed has more than 35 years of experience in the medical field. He founded Gulf Medical in 1983 with the vision to bring the most innovative and state of the art medical technology to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and the Gulf region. Dr. Ahmed completed his studies in Basel, Switzerland and USA. Moreover, he also attended numerous management and marketing training programs in USA, Canada, U.K, France and Germany.
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- Chairman of Hochschild Group
Eduardo Hochschild is a Peruvian entrepreneur who is the head and principal shareholder of the Hochschild Group, a conglomerate of companies focusing on gold and silver mining, cement production and phosphates development. Also is the Founder and Chairman of UTEC, a new Engineering University, and the Chairman of TECSUP, the leading technical education institute in Peru.
He also is a Board Member of International Leadership Board of Cleveland Clinic, MoMa's Latin American and Caribbean Fund and the Peruvian Catholic Church Economic Advisory Council, Dean's Advisory Council of Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), among several other corporate and philanthropic activities.
He has a mechanical engineering degree from Tufts University and is a collector of modern and contemporary art.
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- Executive Director of Applied Research
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- Chairman of the Administration Board, Televisa Group México
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- Academic Director of IE - Elecnor Observatory on Sustainable Compliance Cultures
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- Academic Director of Applied Research
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- Chairman
- Founder
- Deputy President and Vice Chairman of Abdul Latif Jameel
Fady Jameel is Deputy President and Vice Chairman of Abdul Latif Jameel, a family-owned diversified business, founded in 1945. Mr. Jameel leads the international operations of Abdul Latif Jameel in the MENAT region, Europe and the Americas. In addition, Fady Jameel is also Vice Chairman, Community Jameel, an international organization tackling some of the world's most urgent challenges, using a pioneering approach grounded in evidence, science, data and technology and powering innovation for a better future.
Fady is also Chairman and Founder, Art Jameel and a member of the Council for the Arts at MIT. Mr. Jameel holds a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from Sophia University in Tokyo, Japan.
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- Director of IE Africa Center
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- Member of the Board of Trustees
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- Chairman of IE China Center
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- Founder and Director of the Wuha Sira Initiative
I was born in Belgium and have lived in Spain for 18 years. I speak Spanish, English and French and I am an alumni of IE Business School's Executive MBA. I also have a Master's in Corporate Communication from the Pontifical University of Salamanca, as well as a degree in Communication Sciences from the Catholic University of Leuven in Belgium.
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- Ambassador of Hungary to France
Ambassador von Habsburg started his career in the communication sector building the first private national TV Channel in Hungary. In 1996 he became Ambassador at Large in the Prime Ministers Office. He was previously the President of the Hungarian Red Cross and Advisor to the European Office of the International Federation of Red Cross. In 2006 he founded Habsburg Consulting and he joined the Henry Crown Fellowship-Program at The Aspen Institute. He is currently also Chairman of the Management Board at Messer Hungarogáz, President of the Austrian Society for the Holy Land and Honorary Ambassador of the Hungarian Olympic Committee.
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- Executive & Academic Director of the IE Center for C - Centricity
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- President of the Global Corporation Center IE / EY
- President, IE - EY Global Corporation Center
Giuseppe Tringali currently serves as the President of the Global Corporation Center IE/EY and the President of "TopBoard" Headspring IE/FT's Advisory Board. He also the Vice president of the IE Business School's International Advisory Board, as well as Independent Director of Fundación Vodafone España and Fundación EFE.
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- Executive Vice President
- Member of the Board of Trustees
I was born in Lima, Peru, where I took my degree in Economics at the Universidad del Pácifico, subsequently teaching there. In 1984 I earned my Master's degree in Economics from Stanford University, and in 1989 I began my doctoral studies at the University of Pennsylvania, where I was a research assistant to Lawrence Klein and Albert Ando. In 1994 I moved to Spain and joined IE, teaching and running the Economic Environment course.
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- General Coordinator at Saudi - Spanish Center for Islamic Economics and Finance
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- Member of the Board of Trustees
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- Chairman of the Board of Managing Directors and Chief Executive Officer of Boehringer Ingelheim
Hubertus von Baumbach has been Chairman of the Board of Managing Directors and Chief Executive Officer of Boehringer Ingelheim since July 2016. He also holds the position as Chairman of the Family Board.
Prior to being appointed Chairman of the Board, Mr. von Baumbach served as Chief Financial Officer since 2009 and previously held multiple leadership positions within Boehringer Ingelheim. He started his professional career in 1988 in the US affiliate of F. Hoffmann - La Roche AG in Nutley, New Jersey.
Mr. von Baumbach was trained as a bank clerk at Merck, Finck & Co. in Munich, received his law degree from the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität in Munich, took the German Bar Exam, and received a MBA from Sloan School of Management at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Mr. von Baumbach serves as a Member on Boards and Advisory Boards of several industrial companies, foundations and industry associations, including as President of the association of the European research-driven pharmaceutical industry (efpia).
IE is an innovative institution that makes an impact. We prepare students for the world today and the world of tomorrow, providing them with the relevant knowledge and skills they need to succeed.
IE offers a technology-based learning ecosystem, training the leaders of tomorrow to make positive change through innovation, a global vision, an entrepreneurial mindset and a unique focus on the humanities.
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- Member of the Board of Trustees
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- Member of the Board of Trustees
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- Member of the Board of Trustees
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- Director, Advisor and Investor to MacArthur Foundation, Nilus LLC, IVE and Laboratoria
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- Chairman of the IE Center for Transport Economics & Infrastructure Management
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- President and CEO of the Africa - America Institute Member of the US Fund
Kofi Appenteng is the President and CEO of the Africa-America Institute, a 63 year old organization with a mission of promoting enlightened engagement between Africa and America through education, training and dialogue. With more than 15,000 African alumni from more than 50 African countries, AAI has tremendous reach and is a trusted brand. He has 30 years of domestic and international experience as a corporate lawyer, investment banker and board director. He previously served as Senior Counsel at Dentons, a global law firm with more than 75 offices in 50 countries; and is a Senior Advisor to The Rock Creek Group, a global investment and advisory firm. Throughout his career, Appenteng has been active with numerous civil society organizations. Appenteng is currently the Chair of the Board of the Ford Foundation, a $12 billion global grant making foundation headquartered in New York City with 10 offices throughout Latin America, Asia and Africa. He is the first African to serve in this position. Additionally, Appenteng serves on the Board of the International Center for Transitional Justice, a human rights organization that provides technical assistance to governments in Latin America, Asia and Africa. In recognition of his work in business and philanthropy, he was named a "Great American Immigrant" by the Carnegie Corporation in 2013.
Born in Ghana, West Africa, he began his education in England where he completed his primary and secondary education and the came to the USA to attend college at Wesleyan University. At Wesleyan, he earned a Bachelor of Arts degree; was awarded the Butterfield Prize for character, leadership and intellectual commitment; and captained the Soccer and Athletic teams while earning recognition as a member of the All America soccer team. He earned a Juris Doctor degree from Columbia University where he was an International Fellow. He then began his career as a corporate lawyer and, in 1994, became the first Black African to become a partner at a major New York City law firm.
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- Executive Director Doctoral Programs
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- Director of the Household Savings Observatory
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- Member of the Board of Trustees
- Secretary of the Board
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- Member of the Board of Trustees
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- Director, Fundação Getulio Vargas / SP Professor FGV / EAESP
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- General Director - International Relations, International Relations Department
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- CEO, Overture Life CEO, Goggo Network Founder and Chairman, Prelude Fertility
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- Managing Director, Mary Jo Jacobi Consulting LLC Non - Executive Director, the Weir Group PLC and Mulvaney Capital Management LLC
Mary Jo is an internationally-renowned expert in reputation, brand and crisis management and a trusted corporate advisor on the complex dynamics of international governmental relationships.
She leads an international consulting practice with clients mainly in the Middle East and Asia. She is the Non-executive Director for Employee Engagement of The Weir Group plc and a Court of the University of Stratclyde. She is an executive mentor with the Gerson Lehrman Group (GLG) and Criticaleye and a member of the international advisory board of the University of Oxford's Rothermere American Institute.
Mary Jo devised the award-winning global brand strategies for Lehman Brothers and the HSBC Group where she originated the deploying airport jetties as brand and thought leadership messaging media. She played a pivotal role managing three historic corporate crises: at BP in the aftermath of the Deepwater Horizon tragedy; at Royal Dutch Shell following miscategorization of its proved oil and gas reserves; and at Drexel Burnham Lambert through what was then the largest securities fraud investigation in history.
Mary Jo has held public appointments on both sides of the Atlantic. She was Assistant US Secretary of Commerce in President George H W Bush's Administration and was Special Assistant to President Ronald Reagan, who also appointed her to his Advisory Committee on Trade Negotiations. British Prime Ministers David Cameron and Theresa May appointed her to the Advisory Committee on Business Appointments, prior to which she was one of Her Majesty's Civil Service Commissioners. She began her career on the staff of the US Senate Committee on Commerce.
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- Member of the Board of Trustees
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- Academic Head - Arts and Humanities Division
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- Corporate Scholarships Coordinator
Valentín Díez Morodo
Chairman of the Board of the Mexican Business Council for Foreign Trade, Investment and Technology
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- Head of Admissions - Undergraduate Programs, Admissions & Enrollment
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- Vice - Rector for Student Affairs
I was born in Caracas, Venezuela and am a graduate in Economics from the Universidad Católica Andrés Bello, and I have an MBA from IE Business School. I also studied Leadership and Innovation at MIT.
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- Vice - President, Fondation D'Entreprise Hermès President of the Executive Board, Villa Noailles
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- Director of José María Cervelló Chair
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- Chairman and Founder of Kyan Foundation
- Member of the Jordanian Royal Family
Princess Noor is a highly sought-after keynote speaker and routinely speaks at international conferences on such topics as empowering women, self-mastery and mindfulness in the workplace, and fostering healthier relationships with technology and the digital world.
She has been recognized as an Honorary Ambassador of the Global Coalition of Green Schools, served as Chapter President of the Middle East Leadership Academy and is a member of the Association of Transformational Leaders.
She also serves as a Board Member and Conference Chair of the annual International Women's Entrepreneurial Challenge Foundation.
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- Member of the Board of Trustees
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- Member of the Board of Trustees
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- Editor in Chief, IDN Times
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- Chairman of the Board of the Mexican Business Council for Foreign Trade, Investment and Technology
Valentín Díez Morodo
Chairman of the Board of the Mexican Business Council for Foreign Trade, Investment and Technology
He was born in Mexico. He has a Bachelor Degree and was the first graduate in Business Administration from Universidad Iberoamericana (Mexico City) with a recognition, He also obtained a Master Degree in Marketing, Sales and Human Resources at the Michigan University of Ann Arbor.
Currently he is Chairman of the Advisory Board of Grupo Modelo as part of AB InBev Group, the largest brewer group worldwide, and he is well known as the main responsible for the success of Modelo's beers in the international market. He is also Vice Chairman of Kimberly Clark de México, S.A.B. de C.V.
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- Director of IE Foundation Prizes in the Humanities
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- Senior Vice President, Hotels, Pontiac Land Group
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- Global Head of Corporate Relations
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- Academic Director of FinTech MBA, Renmin University
ZhihongYI is currently professor of finance and the academic director of FinTech MBA program at business school, Renmin University of China. She once served as the VP for international affairs and alumni relationship development, the dean of business school at Renmin University of China, the board member of EFMD (2012-2021), the IAC committee member of AACSB (2012-2017). She actively participated in the founding of Global Network for Advanced Management (GNAM) with Yale SOM and IE Business School in 2012.
As the subject consultative member of the Academic Degree Commission of the State Council, the deputy director of the Steering Committee of Business Education affiliated to the Ministry of Education, the deputy director of the 6th National Steering Committee of MBA Education, she plays an active role in the policy consultation of management education in China.