Meet your Program Directors

Mr. Rodney Irwin is Chief Operating Officer and a member of the Senior Management Team at the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD). As COO, Rodney provides leadership of WBCSD’s enabling functions (Finance, HR, ICT and Facilities) and fundraising, and is responsible for WBCSD’s corporate governance and statutory duties as the Company Secretary. He also leads the WBCSD Education program, for which he manages the organization’s relationships with key education partners.

As President of IMD, a position he has held since September 2024, David Bach is focused on making IMD the world’s most impactful business school. Together with his leadership team and the entire IMD community, he is working to broaden and deepen IMD’s global impact through learning innovation, excellence in degree- and executive programs, and a…

Florian Hoos is Professor of Sustainability and Accounting, Program Director of Managing and Measuring Sustainability Impact, and served as IMD’s Managing Director of the Enterprise for Society Center (E4S) from 2022-2026. He is an award-winning teacher, innovator, and writer who was selected by Poets&Quants as one of their World’s Top 40 Busin…

Goutam Challagalla is dentsu Group Professor of Strategy and Marketing. His research focuses on how digital technologies, AI, and sustainability concerns are impacting companies’ business strategies and approaches to strategy and marketing. Challagalla is the director of the Advanced Management Program and the Strategy Governance for Boards prog…