Shlomo Ben-Hur is an organizational psychologist and a professor of leadership and organizational behavior with 25 years of corporate experience in multinational organizations. His areas of focus are the psychological and cultural aspects of leadership and the strategic and operational elements of corporate learning.

Prior to joining IMD, Professor Ben-Hur was Vice President of Leadership Development and Learning for the BP Group based in London England. He led the alignment of all learning activities and worked with the CEO and the top executive team on the creation of a leadership model for the global organization and the development of the underpinning leadership development architecture. Previous to that, he spent eight years as Chief Learning Officer of DaimlerChrysler Services AG in Berlin, Germany where he headed-up the corporate academy overseeing performance management, succession planning, assessment, technical, management, and leadership training and the internal consulting and coaching unit.

Earlier in his career, Shlomo was Director of Leadership and Organizational Development for the Mercedes-Benz Credit Corporation and an organizational Development manager with Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in the United States. He held previous positions with consulting firms and the Ministry of Education in Israel, focusing on leadership, organizational development and the promotion of democracy and co-existence in the Arab and Jewish school systems.

Professor Ben-Hur received his doctoral degree in Psychology at the Humboldt University of Berlin with a dissertation focusing on the culture and performance of European business schools. He holds a Masters degree in Industrial/Organizational Psychology and a Bachelors degree in Psychology and Political Science from Bar-Ilan University in Israel. He was a founding member of the steering committee for corporate learning at the European Foundation for Management Development and a member of the Awarding body of the EQUIS Accreditation System for business schools.