IMD Global Board Center

Ginka Toegel is Professor of Organizational Behavior and Leadership. She is an expert on the dynamics of top management teams, leadership development of women executives and issues related to diversity, equity, and inclusion. She also has a keen interest in future leadership trends and the role that technology can play in enhancing the impact of ex…

Anand Narasimhan is Shell Professor of Global Leadership and Dean of Research. He focuses on top team and board dynamics and their impact on organizational transformation. He works with board directors and senior executives on how to enhance their leadership presence to create a positive impact on their followers and stakeholders. Anand’s teachi…

Katharina Lange is Affiliate Professor of Leadership. She specializes in teaching executives globally about leading self, leading teams, and leading organizations, and in building resilience at the individual, team, and organizational level as well as leading customer-centric organizations. She has a strong track record of designing and directing i…

Ben Bryant is Professor of Leadership and Organization. He was previously the Kristian Gerhard Jebsen Chair for Responsible Leadership. He is also Program Director of the Transformational Leader program. He is a highly skilled educator, executive team coach, and speaker. He works with a wide range of CEOs and their executive teams and presents his …

David Bach is Professor of Strategy and Political Economy, Rio Tinto Chair in Stakeholder Engagement and Dean of Innovation and Programs. He is a political economy expert with a proven track record of creating impactful learning journeys in a dual role as both Professor and Dean. Through his award-winning teaching and writing, Bach helps manager…

Vanina Farber is elea Professor of Social Innovation and Dean of the IMD EMBA program. She is an award-winning economist and political scientist who specializes in social innovation and the mobilization of private capital for impact investing. Her research focuses on innovative, practical, sustainable, and inclusive market-oriented approaches that …

Francisco Szekely is Adjunct Professor of Leadership and Sustainability. His work contributes to the understanding of the interrelationships between the emergence of new social, economic, and environmental trends as well as the development of long-term, sustainable business strategies. Szekely’s research explores how companies can include sustai…

Goutam Challagalla is Professor of Strategy and Marketing and dentsu Group Chair in Sustainable Strategy and Marketing. He focuses on how digital advances and sustainability concerns are impacting companies’ business strategies and approaches to marketing. Having helped companies to rethink their business models and build new capabilities in the …

Knut Haanaes is Professor of Strategy and Lundin Chair Professor of Sustainability. His research and teaching focus on strategy, sustainability, strategic renewal, and business models. He says these different pillars enable him to help companies think about their path for the future and take account of new trends, including the demand for greater s…

Louise Muhdi is Affiliate Professor of Innovation and Strategy. She helps organizations rapidly adapt to an uncertain and fast-changing business environment, drive innovation and growth, and sustain value creation for the long term. She enables executives to develop the capabilities, skills, tools, and mindsets needed to successfully lead and manag…

Michael Wade is Professor of Innovation and Strategy. An expert on digital transformation, he holds the Tonomus Professorship in Digital Business Transformation and is Director of IMD’s Global Center for Digital Business Transformation. An expert in digital transformation, he has published 10 books and more than 100 case studies as well as articl…

Öykü Işık is Professor of Digital Strategy and Cybersecurity. She is an expert on digital resilience and the ways in which disruptive technologies challenge our society and organizations. Named on the Thinkers50 Radar 2022 list of up-and-coming global thought leaders, she helps businesses to tackle cybersecurity, data privacy, and digital ethic…

Paul Strebel is Professor Emeritus of Governance, Strategy, and Change. He works with boards of directors and top management teams as an educator and advisor on strategic vision and the resolution of boardroom conflicts. In addition to personal experience as a board director, he has facilitated interactive workshops and seminars on best-in-class bo…

Ric Roi is Affiliate Professor of Leadership and Organization. He is a senior business psychologist who advises boards and CEOs on matters related to board renewal, CEO succession, and leadership transitions. He is also an expert in top team effectiveness and strategic talent management solutions. He has extensive experience in consulting and has l…

Robert Hooijberg is Professor of Organizational Behavior. His areas of interest include leadership, negotiations, team building, digital transformation, and organizational culture, with a specific focus on the alignment of culture and strategy. He helps organizations create powerful performance-oriented cultures aligned with strategy, and has devel…

Stefan Michel’s major research interests are in AI’s impact on strategy, pricing, and customer-centricity. He is the Program Director of IMD’s Strategic Thinking program and teaches in the Orchestrating Winning Performance, the High Performance Board and the Digital Strategic Marketing programs, as well as in many partnership programs for world…

Salvatore Cantale is Professor of Finance. His academic and consulting work is divided into two different but complementary streams. First, he works at the intersection between strategy, business models, and financial results. He also sheds light on the relationship between ESG and finance, with the aim of increasing the understanding of how ESG po…

Michael D Watkins is Professor of Leadership and Organizational Change. He is a globally recognized leadership transitions expert and author of the best-selling book The First 90 Days: Proven Strategies for Getting Up to Speed Faster and Smarter. A Thinkers50-ranked management influencer, Watkins has developed proven frameworks and tools to help pr…