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Meet your Program Directors

Professor of Strategy, Lundin Sustainability Chair

Knut Haanaes’ research and teaching focuses on strategy, sustainability, strategic renewal and business models. He is co-author of the best-selling book Your Strategy Needs a Strategy and a successful TED speaker. Until recently, he was Dean of the Global Leadership Institute at the World Economic Forum. He is a former Senior Partner and Global Leader of the Strategy Practice at the Boston Consulting Group.

Salvatore Cantale

Professor of Finance

Salvatore Cantale is Professor of Finance at IMD. His major research and consulting interests are in value creation, valuation, and the way in which corporations structure liabilities and choose financing options. Additionally, he is interested in the relation between finance and leadership, and in the leadership role of the finance function.

David Bach

Professor of Strategy and Political Economy and Dean of Innovation and Programs

An expert in political economy, David Bach has a proven track record of creating impactful learning journeys in his dual role as professor and dean. Through his award-winning teaching and writings, he helps managers and senior executives develop a strategic view of the nexus between business and politics.

Florian Hoos

Professor of Sustainability and ESG accounting

Florian Hoos is Professor of Sustainability and ESG Accounting. His work in academia and practice focuses on the challenges of triple-impact creation: making strong profits through integrating social and ecological aspects into business. The core of his work is helping organizations, from startups to multinationals, execute strategies with measurable economic, social, and ecological impact.

Latest publications

How to make the business case for a sustainability strategy

By Knut Bjarne Haanaes, Frédéric Dalsace, Jules Wurlod

In the first of a series of practical guides for organizations on sustainability, Knut Haanaes, Frédéric Dalsace, and Jules Wurlod explain why any successful sustainability strategy needs to be underpinned by a solid business case.

Businesses are forging ahead with climate action despite patchy progress at COP27

By Knut Bjarne Haanaes

The recent COP27 meeting made only limited headway on measures to tackle climate change, but climate action by companies gives more grounds for optimism, and the current challenging economic and geopolitical environment is not going to divert busi…

Learn and replicate these 4 actions that the very best sustainability performers take

By Knut Bjarne Haanaes, Frédéric Dalsace

Clarify your idea of a top-performing sustainability firm and compare it with the characteristics of those that are ranked at the top

Archegos, the Wall Street fire sale, and the need for reporting requirements

By Salvatore Cantale, Karl Schmedders

Archegos had secured billions of dollars in credit from several investment banks using opaque financial derivatives that enabled it to amass massive stakes in companies under the radar. When its highly leveraged bets collapsed, it was hit hard and…