Faculty
Faculty

 

Professors at SwissVBS are educators and practitioners of solid business principles. They provide training and consulting services to Fortune 500 companies and are considered leaders in their field. Our highly accomplished faculty work with an exceptional team of multi-media developers to create and deliver the best courses in the industry.

 

Prof. Dr. Raffi Amit

Prof. Dr. Raffi Amit

Raffi Amit is the co-author of the SwissVBS course “Building Winning Business Models”. He is also the Robert B. Goergen Professor of Entrepreneurship and a Professor of Management at the Wharton School. Raffi Amit is the Academic Director of the Goergen Entrepreneurial Management Programs which encompasses all of Wharton's entrepreneurial programs.

Prof. Dr. Thomas Dyllick

Prof. Dr. Thomas Dyllick

Thomas Dyllick is together with Oliver Schmid-Schönbein the co-author of the SVBS course “Management of Corporate Sustainability”. Thomas Dyllick is a professor of Environmental Management and Managing Director of the Institute for Economy and the Environment at University of St.Gallen, Switzerland.

Dr. Ursula Knorr

 Dr. Ursula Knorr

Ursula Knorr is the head of HRM Consulting and Partner of the Center for International HRM at the Institute of Leadership and Human Resource Management of the University of St.Gallen, Switzerland.

Prof. Dr. Christoph Lechner

Prof. Dr. Christoph Lechner

Christoph Lechner is the author of the SwissVBS course “Business Strategy”, and co-author of “Change Management”, “Value Creation”, and “Managing Strategic Processes”. He is also a professor of Strategic Management at the University of St.Gallen. In 2002, Christoph Lechner shared with Günter Müller-Stewens the award for the "Best German Business Book 2001," for his work on Strategisches Management (Strategic Management).

Prof. Dr. Günter Müller-Stewens

Prof. Dr. Günter Müller-Stewens

Günter Müller-Stewens is the author of the SwissVBS course “Strategic Analysis”. And co-author of “Change Management”, Value Creation”, and “Managing Strategic Processes”. He is also a professor of Management and Organization at the University of St.Gallen. He has also served as director of the Institute of Management at the University of St.Gallen since 1991. In addition, Günter Müller-Stewens was awarded "Best German Business Book 2001" for the book Strategisches Management (Strategic Management.

Prof. Dr. Sven Reinecke

Prof. Dr. Sven Reinecke

Sven Reinecke is the co-author of the course “Core Principles of Marketing”. He is also the head of the Center of Competence "Marketing Performance Management" and the associated research program "Best Practice in Marketing. He is also a lecturer of business administration and marketing at the University of St.Gallen.

Prof. Dr. T. Flemming Ruud, PhD

Prof. Dr. T. Flemming Ruud, PhD

Flemming Ruud is the author of the SwissVBS course “Introduction to Accounting”, and he is a professor of Internal and External Auditing at the University of Zurich. In addition, he is Adjunct Professor of Internal and External Auditing at the University of St.Gallen, Switzerland, and at the Norwegian School of Management, Oslo, Norway. Since 1998, Flemming Ruud is also member of the board of the Swiss Institute of Internal Auditing (SIIA).

Oliver Schmid-Schönbein

Oliver Schmid-Schönbein

Oliver Schmid-Schönbein is together with Prof. Thomas Dyllick the co-author of the SwissVBS course “Management of Corporate Sustainability”. For more than a decade he is working as an independent management consultant in the field of his specialisation in environmental economics. Since 1995 he is co-founder und managing partner of E2 Management Consulting AG, Zürich, a consultancy focussing on sustainable corporate strategies.

Prof. Dr. Torsten Tomczak

Prof. Dr. Torsten Tomczak

Torsten Tomczak is the co-author of the SwissVBS course “Core Principles of Marketing”. He is a professor of Business Administration and Marketing at the University of St.Gallen.

Dr. Thorsten Truijens

Dr. Thorsten Truijens

Thorsten Truijens is the author of the SwissVBS course “Financial Management” and co-author of “Management of Corporate Sustainability”. He is also a lecturer at the

University of St.Gallen. In addition, Thorsten Truijens has taught at distinguished universities including Harvard Business School, University Witten/Herdecke, Eidgenössisch Technishe Hochschule, and Centre Européen de Management Colmar.

Prof. Dr. Christoph Zott

Prof. Dr. Christoph Zott

Christoph Zott is the co-author of the SwissVBS course “Building Winning Business Models”. He is also an associate professor of Entrepreneurship and the Rudolf and Valeria Maag Fellow in Entrepreneurship at INSEAD