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. Nadja Alexander
Prof. Björn Ambos Managing Organisations
Dr. habil. (2006), Vienna University of Economics and Business Administration
Dr. rer. pol (2001), University of Hamburg
Dipl.-Kfm. (1998), University of Hamburg
Find detailed information about Professor Björn Ambos here.
Prof. Björn Ambos
Dr. Magnus Bild
Financial Reporting
Founding Partner at Bild & Runsten
Former Head of Pedagogical Development at Stockholm School of Economics
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
Dr. Bassam Fattouh
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
Find detailed information about Professor Alois Geyer here.
Prof. Alois Geyer
Dr. Andreas König, MBA, MMus
Entrepreneurship and Innovation
Assistant Professor Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg
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
Prof. Klaus S. Lackner
Dr. Michael Lynch Managerial Economics
EnergySEER (Strategic Energy & Economic Research Inc.)
President and Director of Global Petroleum Service
Former Vice President of Oil Services at WEFA, Inc.
Find detailed information about Michael Lynch here.
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
Find detailed information about Professor Manoj Malhotra here.
Prof. Manoj K. Malhotra
Dr. Jorge Montepeque
Energy Trading
Platts McGraw Hill Company: Global Editorial Director Markets & Price Assessments
Dr. Jorge Montepeque
Dr. Mikael Runsten
Financial Management
Founding Partner Bild & Runsten
Ivan Sandrea, BS, MS, MBA
Strategies in the Energy Business
President at Energy Intelligence
Advisory Board Member of the Energy MBA WU Vienna
BS in geology from Baylor University
MS in petroleum geology and MBA from Edinburgh University
Ivan Sandrea, BS, MS, MBA
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
Find detailed information about Maria O´ Shear here.
Maria O´ Shea, MBA
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
Mag. Alexander Pögl, MA
Dr. Adnan Shihab-Eldin Global Energy Outlook and Energy Policy
Director General of Kuwait Foundation for the Advancement of Sciences
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
Find detailed information about Dr. Adnan Shihab-Eldin here.
Dr. Adnan Shihab-Eldin
Dr. David Sluss
Leadership
Assistant Professor of Organizational Behavior at the College of Management, Georgia Tech
PhD, Arizona State University
Master, Brigham Young University
Dr. David Sluss
Prof. Craig Smith Ethics & Social Responsibility
INSEAD Chaired Professor in Ethics and Social Responsibility
Scientific Committee of Vigeo
Advisory Board of Carbon Clear
Find detailed information about Professor Craig Smith here.
Prof. Craig Smith
Prof. Günter Stahl
Managing People
Professor of International Management at Vienna University of Economics and Business
Visiting Professor at INSEAD
Serves on advisory boards of several for-profit and non-profit organizations
Prof. Günter Stahl
Dr. Franz Trieb Renewable Energy
DLR-Institute of Technical Thermodynamics, Stuttgart, Senior Researcher
Member of Trans-Mediterranean Renewable Energy Cooperation (TREC)
1990–1995: Faculty of Law RSUST Port Harcourt, Nigeria
1993-1995: Anpez Environment Law Centre
Dr. Ibibia Lucky Worika
Guest Speakers
Most MBA modules are enriched by top managers of highly successful international companies and organizations. Current and former guest speakers include:
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, Chief Energy Efficieny and Policy Unit, UNIDO
Dr. Pradeep Monga, Director Energy and Climate Change, UNIDO
Dr. Wolfgang Horacek, Senior Vice President Human Resources, OMV
Dr. Isaac Acquah, former Safeguard Inspector, IAEA
Dr. Hans-Holger Rogner, Section Head, Planning and Economic Studies Section, IAEA
Svein Harald Oygard, Director, McKinsey
Prof. Franz Wirl, Vienna University
Mohammad Alipour-Jeddi, former Head of Petroleum Studies, OPEC
