Speakers and Chairs Bios
- Alex Adamopoulos
- Guillaume M. Alvarez
- Neila Benzina
- Steve Blank
- Tamzin Booth
- Alexandra Borchardt
- Charles-Édouard Bouée
- Curtis Carlson
- Laurent Choain
- Sarah Cliffe
- Virginie Coulloudon
- Jenny Darroch
- Steve Denning
- Erica Dhawan
- Yves Doz
- Tamara J. Erickson
- Sydney Finkelstein
- Bill Fischer
- Jean-Noël Fourel
- Pankaj Ghemawat
- Sarah Green Carmichael
- Hal Gregersen
- Anil K. Gupta
- John Hagel III
- Charles Handy
- Rahaf Harfoush
- Lisa Hershman
- Andrew Hill
- Julia Hobsbawm
- Heiko Hutmacher
- Santiago Iñiguez de Onzoño
- Michael G. Jacobides
- Gabriel Joseph-Dezaize
- Julia Kirby
- Angelica Kohlmann
- Ashok Krish
- Joan Snyder Kuhl
- Wolfgang Lassl
- Andreas Ludwig
- Isabella Mader
- Roger L. Martin
- Rita Gunther McGrath
- Nilofer Merchant
- Timo Meynhardt
- Markus Müller
- Joseph Ogutu
- Efosa Ojomo
- Alexander Osterwalder
- Tony O’Driscoll
- Jean-Marie Penven
- Carlota Perez
- Deepa Prahalad
- Karl Franz Prüller
- Martin Reeves
- Johan Roos
- Michael Skapinker
- Allyson Stewart-Allen
- Richard Straub
- Irene Yuan Sun
- Don Tapscott
- Ali Rushdan Tariq
- Julie Linn Teigland
- Ricardo Vargas
- Julia Wang
- Haiyan Wang
- Karen Ward
- Thomas Wedell-Wedellsborg
- Stefan Zapotocky
Director Western Europe,
Pure Management Group
Biography
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Since 2016 Pure Management Group (PMG) PARIS, FRANCE
Director Western Europe VIENNA, AUSTRIA
Fields of specialization: strategy, organizational diagnostics and reorganizations, leadership, leadership ethics, project management for the private, public and non-profit sector
2006 – 2016 MALIK MANAGEMENTZENTRUM ST. GALLEN (MZSG) PARIS, FRANCE
Senior Project Manager and Associate (from 2011 onwards) OTTAWA, CANADA
VIENNA, AUSTRIA
Fields of specialization: strategy, organizational diagnostics and reorganizations, leadership, leadership ethics, project management for the private, public and non-profit sector
2008 – 2011 Salzburg Management Business School (SMBS) SALZBURG, AUSTRIA
University lecturer for corporate strategy, organizational diagnostics and design, and Leadership and Ethics
2005 – 2006 KREMSNER & CONSULTANTS VIENNA, AUSTRIA
Project manager Fields of specialization: innovation and competency management
1999-2005 BRAINNET MANAGEMENT CONSULTANTS (now part of KPMG) BONN / COLOGNE, GERMANY
Project manager Fields of specialization: Procurement, supply chain management, B2B marketplaces
1997-1999 FLETCHER SCHOOL OF LAW AND DIPLOMACY/TUFTS UNIV. MEDFORD, MA, USA
Teaching and Research Assistant in International Economics
1998 DELEGATION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION NEW YORK, NY, USA?TO THE UNITED NATIONS
Representative of the European Commission (EC) to the UN Security Council and the 2nd UN-Committee (part of internship program)
1996-1997 NATIONAL ACADEMY OF DEFENSE VIENNA, AUSTRIA
National Service. Translator for English and French.
1993-1995 INSTITUTE FOR SYSTEMATIC THEOLOGY, UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA VIENNA, AUSTRIA? University Assistant in Systematic Theology
EDUCATION
SINCE 2012 HEC MONTREAL MONTRÉAL, CANADA
PhD candidate in the joint PhD Program (McGill-HEC Montreal-Concordia- UQAM)
Area of specialization: Strategy and Organization (GPA: 4,1)
Awarded with numerous scholarships
Currently: on leave for a book project
1997-1999 THE FLETCHER SCHOOL OF LAW AND DIPLOMACY, BOSTON, USA
TUFTS UNIVERSITY ?Master of Arts in Law and Diplomacy degree (GPA:3,8)
Concentration in: International Business & Economic Law, International Monetary Theory & Policy
Course work at Harvard Law School and J.F.K. School of Government, Harvard University
Fulbright scholarship and postgraduate scholarship by the Austrian Ministry for Sciences.
1990-1991 ÉCOLE PRATIQUE DES HAUTES ETUDES, SORBONNE PARIS, FRANCE
Postgraduate studies in Islamic culture and religion.
1990-1991 INSTITUT CATHOLIQUE DE PARIS PARIS, FRANCE
Studies in Theology
1988-1995 UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA VIENNA, AUSTRIA
Master Degree in Theology (summa cum laude)?Awards: scholarship for outstanding academic achievements by the University of Vienna.
ACTIVITIES
Annual Global Peter Drucker Forum
Member in the Steering and Program Committee of the Annual Global Peter Drucker Forum since its inception
Peter Drucker Society Europe
Associate
PUBLICATIONS
Currently finalizing a book project in three volumes on organizational design and diagnostics based on the Viable System Model by Stafford Beer
PERSONAL
Native in German, fluent in English and French, Austrian citizen; married, two children. I have a keen interest in philosophy and enjoy traveling, golfing, playing piano, tennis and alpine skiing.