Executives in Residence

Recognized world authorities in their fields

Executives in Residence

Recognized world authorities in their fields

Executives in Residence are senior-level practitioners who have agreed to devote some of their time to IMD-related activities, typically in the context of research and/or teaching activities. This section introduces them and briefly explains their areas of expertise and involvement.

Executives in Residence

Ann-Christin Andersen
Ann-Christin Andersen
CEO at NORWEP
Peter Attfield
Former Chief Talent & Learning Officer for Jardine Matheson, Hong Kong
Corinne Avelines
Corinne Avelines
Strategy Management Consultant at Kinetic Consulting Ltd.
Magdi Batato
Magdi Batato
Former COO, CEO for Pakistan and Afghanistan, and executive board member at Nestlé   
Eric Baudier
Former Senior Executive Supply Chain Operations at Tetra Pak
Philippe Blondiaux
Global CFO at Chanel
Xavier Coll
Former Managing Director HR and Organization at CaixaBank
Helen Cowing
Helen Cowing
Former Group Chief Financial Officer
John Davison
John Davison
Former CEO Zuellig Pharma & ekaterra (Unilever/Lipton Teas)
Stuart Dean
Board Member at Orbis International
Michael Dounaev
Managing Director at AVD Asset Management
Peter Englisch
Peter Englisch
Global Family Business and EMEA Entrepreneurial and Private Business Leader, PwC, Germany
Kalin Aniv Janse
Kalin Anev Janse
Chief Financial Officer and Member of the Management Board of the European Stability Mechanism (ESM)
Anja Lagodny
Anja Lagodny
Senior Executive at Anja Lagodny Consulting
Axel P Lehmann
Axel P Lehmann
Former Chairman of Credit Suisse Group and member of the Board of Directors of UBS Group
Executive in Residence Robert Mardini
Robert Mardini
Director General of the International Committee of the Red Cross
Diana Markaki-Bartholdi
Diana Markaki-Bartholdi
Founder & CEO at the Boardroom
Thierry Maupilé
CEO at ELEO Partners
Arunjai Mittal
Member of the Supervisory Board at Tesa SE
Alexis Nasard
CEO at Swarovski
Peter Nathanial
Former Group Chief Risk Officer and Member of the Executive Committee at The Royal Bank of Scotland Group
Eric Nicolas
Eric Nicolas
General Manager at WiseStratEdge, former Chief Operating Officer at Firmenich
Angelos Papadimitriou
Chairman and Founder at Athena Ventures, former General Manager and Co-CEO at Pirelli, former CEO at Coesia
Achim Pluckebaum
Achim Plueckebaum
CIO at Bachem
Haydn Pound
Director at OEMD Consulting
Erick Rinner
Partner, Impact Expansion
Ian Charles Stewart
Chairman at THE COMMUNITY : THINK TANK
Matthew Timms
Chief Digital and Technology Officer at ADDC
Peter Vogt
Former CHRO and member of the Executive Board of Nestle SA
Duncan Weston
Executive Partner at CMS
Sertac Yeltekin
Founder and Managing Partner at Zingforce Ventures
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