Our faculty members bring fresh perspectives and new ideas to all facets of the business world. They share a passion for knowledge development and constantly encouraging their students to strive for higher standards.

The faculty of the Professional MBA comprises top professors from WU Vienna and of highly-renowned partner universities around the globe. These faculty members are outstanding leaders in their research on current business issues and have solid experience in executive education. They are publishing cutting-edge findings in leading international journals.

Their international experience and global expertise enables the faculty to present an integrated, global management perspective emphasizing the application of theory to practice.

Faculty

Prof. Nadja Alexander

Negotiations

• Professor of Law, City University Hong Kong
• Adjunct Professor of Law, Murdoch University Australia
• Honorary Research Fellow, University of Witwatersrand, South Africa
• engaged into design of mediation policy and legislation
  

Prof. Björn Ambos
Competitive Analysis & Strategy

• Dr. habil. (2006), Vienna University of Economics and Business Administration
• Dr. rer. pol (2001), University of Hamburg
• Dipl.-Kfm. (1998), University of Hamburg
  
  

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Prof. Charles Caliendo
Financial Reporting

• MBA, Carlson School of Management, University of Minnesota, 1993
• LL.M., University of Richmond, School of Law, 1992
• BS, City University of New York

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Dr. Bassam Fattouh

Global Energy Markets and Market Relations

• Director of the Oil and Middle East Programme at the Oxford Institute for Energy Studies
• University Research Lecturer at the Department of International Development, Oxford University
• Research Fellow at St Antony’s College, Oxford University

Prof. Alois Geyer
Data Analysis and Decision Making

• Associate professor, Institute of Operations Research, Vienna University of Economics and Business Administration
  
• Faculty Member of Vienna Graduate School of Finance
• UNIDO and IIASA 

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• CEO, MERITO Financial Solutions GmbH (since 2005)  
  
• Chairman of the Board, BA/CA (2000-2005)
• PhD, Vienna University of Economics and Business, 1984

Prof. Klaus S. Lackner

Environmental Management

• 2006 - present: Director Lenfest Center for Sustainable Energy, Columbia University
• 2001 - present: Ewing Worzel Professor of Geophysics, Earth and Environmental Engineering, Columbia University
• 2000-2002: Theoretical Division, Los Alamos National Laboratory
• 2004: Cofounder of Global Research Technologies
  
• 2000: Cofounder of the Zero Emission Coal Alliance
  

Dr. Michael Lynch
Energy Economics

• EnergySEER (Strategic Energy & Economic Research Inc.)
• President and Director of Global Petroleum Service
• Former Vice President of Oil Services at WEFA, Inc.
  

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Prof. Manoj K. Malhotra

Operations Management

• Jeff B. Bates Professor and Chairman of the Management Science Department at the Moore School of Business, University of South Carolina
• Graduate degree from The Indian Institute of Technology (IIT)
• Ph.D.Ohio State University

Prof. Wolfgang Mayrhofer
Managing People and Organisations 

• Vienna University of Economics and Business Administration
• International Human Resources and Business Management
• Career Research

Dr. Jorge Montepeque

Energy Trading

• Platts McGraw Hill Company: Global Editorial Director Markets & Price Assessments

Maria O´ Shea, MBA

Teambuilding

• Management - Consultant / Trainer
  
• Management - Coach, in training
  
• MBA, INSEAD, Fontainbleau, France
  
• Third-level degree in Ireland & Germany (BA International Marketing and Languages)
• Futures Trader; Oil - Trader 
• Management Consultant for the BCG
• Outdoor - Trainer and Team-Development
• Independent Consultant and Trainer since 2000

Prof. Heinrich Otruba
Energy Regulation

• Professor in and chair of Quantitative Economics, Vienna University of Economics and Business Administration
• Advisor to the Director General of the DG Information Society of the European Commission until January 2007
• Telecom regulator until fall 2002
• President of “to be founded” National Regulatory Authority for electronic communication in September 1997
• President of his University in 1994
• PhD in Economic Theory and Policy, Technical University of Vienna, 1979
• Doctor of Law in spring 1967

Prof. Leyland Pitt
Marketing Management

• Segal Graduate School of Business, Simon Fraser Unversity, Vancouver, Canada
• PhD, Marketing, University of Pretoria, 1986
• MBA, University of Pretoria, 1976

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Mag. Alexander Pögl, MA

Energy Trading

• Consultant JBC Energy
• MA in Advanced International Studies and MA in Economics
  
• Graduate of John Hopkins University and Diplomatic Academy Vienna
• Academic focus: Energy Markets and political ecomony of the Middle East
  

Dr. Joachim Schwendenwein

Ethics and Social Responsibility

• consults organizations & coaches senior executives in
  -    strategic development and alignment
  -    transformation & change processes and projects
  -    Corporate Social Responsibility
  -     Leadership Learning
• lectures at various Universities – e.g.
  -    Center for social competence at the University of  Graz
  -    Donau University Krems in Organization Design
  -    Stanford Graduate School of Business
  -    WU Executive Academy
  
  
• Ph.D. (rer.pol) (University of Kassel, 1997)
• MA (Sociology) (University Vienna, 1990)

Dr. Adnan Shihab-Eldin
Global Energy Outlook and Energy Policy

• Former General Secretary of OPEC
• Director of the Division for Africa, East Asia and the Pacific, the Department of Technical Co-operation at the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
• Director of the UNESCO Regional Office for Science and Technology

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Dr. Robert G. Skinner
Strategies in the Energy Business

• Senior Vice President, Commercial and Business Development of StatoilHydro Canada Ltd
• Former Director of the International Energy Agency’s Policy Office at the OECD in Paris, France
• Degrees in geology from Queen’s University (Hnrs BSc, 1968) and the University of Washington, Seattle (MSc, 1969, PhD, 1971)

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Prof. Craig Smith
Ethics & Social Responsibility

• INSEAD Chaired Professor in Ethics and Social Responsibility
• Scientific Committee of Vigeo
• Advisory Board of Carbon Clear

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Prof. Alfred Steinherr
Managerial Economics

• Professor of Economics, Free University of Bolzano (Italy)
• Executive in Residence, Sacred Heart University (Luxembourg)
• President, International Advisory Board,  IESEG, School of Management, Catholic University of Lille (France)
  

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Dr. Franz Trieb
Renewable Energy 

• DLR-Institute of Technical Thermodynamics, Stuttgart, Senior Researcher
• Member of Trans-Mediterranean Renewable Energy Cooperation (TREC)

Dr. Ibibia Lucky Worika

Energy Regulation

• 2004–2008: Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC)
  
• 1990–2003: Faculty of Law, Rivers State University of Science & Technology, Nigeria
  
• 2002–2003: Anga & Emuwa (AELEX) (Legal Practitioners) Nigeria
• 1999–2000: CEPMLP, University of Dundee           
  
• 1990–1995: Faculty of Law RSUST Port Harcourt, Nigeria
• 1993-1995: Anpez Environment Law Centre              
  
  
  
  

Guest Speakers

• Prince Torks, Nigeria
• Dr. Ursula Nährer, Legal expert, IG Windkraft Österreich
• Dr. Ida di Pietro Leupold-Loewenthal, International Consultant and Coach
  
• Dr. Wolfgang Urbantschitsch, Head of Legal Department, Energie-Control GmbH 
• Dr. Farouk El Tawila, Chief Scientist, Federal Authority for Nuclear Regulation
• DI Simon Bräuniger, Manager Energy Integration, MASDAR
• Mrs. Alyazia Ali Al Kuwaiti, MA, Manager Evaluation and Execution, IPIC
• Prof. Dr. Günther Brauner, Institut für Elektrische Anlagen und Energiewirtschaft, TU Wien
• Dr. Dolf Gielen, Cheif Energy Efficieny and Policy Unit, UNIDO