ESMT MasterClasses

ESMT MasterClasses are an opportunity for ESMT students to become acquainted with high-ranking personalities practicing exceptional leadership.

Previous speakers have included*:

 Frank Appel, CEO, Deutsche Post AG  Jörg Asmussen, Permanent State Secretary, Federal Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs  Subroto Bagchi, COO, MindTree Consulting  Peter Bauer, CEO, Infineon Technologies AG  Werner Bauer, Chairman of the Supervisory Board, Nestlé Deutschland  Ferdinando Beccalli-Falco, Senior Vice President and CEO of GE Europe, General Electric  Roland Berger, Honorary Chairman of Board of Directors, Roland Berger Strategy Consultants  Raj Biyani, Managing Director, Microsoft India (R&D) Private Limited  Luis Cantarell, Executive Vice President, Zone Director Americas, Nestlé  Marijn Dekkers, CEO, Bayer AG  Georg Denoke, CFO, Linde AG  Kai Diekmann, Editor in Chief, BILD  Michael Diekmann, Chairman of the Board of Management, Allianz SE  Johannes M. Dietsch, Member of the Board of Management, Bayer AG  Brigitte Ederer, HR and Industrial Relations Director, Siemens AG  Karl Max Einhäupl, Chairman of the Executive Board, Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin  Tom Enders, CEO, Airbus Group  Heinz Jörg Fuhrmann, CEO, Salzgitter AG  Matthew Ganz, President Boeing Germany and Northern Europe, Boeing Operations International  Rüdiger Grube, CEO, Deutsche Bahn AG  Derk Haank, CEO, Springer Nature  Michael Haidinger, President and COO, Corporate and Regional Engines, Rolls-Royce Deutschland  Tuomo Hatakka, Chairman of the Executive Board, Vattenfall GmbH  Senator Thomas Heilmann, Senatsverwaltung für Justiz  Claus E. Heinrich, Member of the Executive Board, SAP AG  Heinrich Hiesinger, Chairman of the Executive Board, ThyssenKrupp AG  Johannes Huth, Member & Head of KKR Europe, KKR Capital Markets Limited  Henning Kagermann, Chairman of the Executive Board, SAP AG  Klaus Kleinfeld, President and CEO, Alcoa Inc.  Georg Knoth, CEO and Regional Executive, GE in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland  Martina Koederitz, President, IBM Deutschland  Ulrich Köstlin, Member of the Board of Management, Bayer Schering Pharma  Carsten Kratz, Senior Partner and Managing Director, The Boston Consulting Group  Johannes Laitenberger, Spokesman, EU Commission  Alexander Landia, Managing Director and Partner, Bernotat and Cie. GmbH  Stefan Lauer, Member of the Board of Management, Deutsche Lufthansa AG  Olaf Lindner, Director, Division for Close Protection, Bundeskriminalamt  Peter Löscher, CEO, Siemens AG  Frank Lutz, CFO, MAN SE  Christof Mascher, COO, Allianz SE  Frank Mattern, Managing Partner Germany, McKinsey & Company, Inc.  Bernhard Mattes, President, Ford-Werke GmbH  H.E. Simon McDonald, British Ambassador to Germany  Jan Mühlfeit, Chairman Europe, Microsoft  Alan Mulally, President and CEO, Ford Motor Company  Philip D. Murphy, American Ambassador to Germany  Marcus Nagel, CEO Life Germany, Zürich Group  Senator Ulrich Nußbaum, Senatsverwaltung für Finanzen  René Obermann, CEO, Deutsche Telekom AG  Hubert Patricot, President, Europe Group, Coca Cola Enterprises  Andreas Penk, President, Pfizer Germany  Frank Riemensperger, Country Managing Director Germany, Accenture GmbH  Jan Rinnert, Chairman of the Board of Management, Heraeus Holding GmbH  Håkan Samuelsson, Chairman of the Board, MAN AG  Ulf M. Schneider, Chairman of the Management Board, Fresenius SE & Co. KGaA  Henning Shulte-Noelle, Former Chairman of the Supervisory Board, Allianz SE  Franz-Josef Schürmann, Country Head Germany, Infosys Ltd.  Peter Terium, CEO, RWE AG  Christian Tillmans, Vice President Management Executive, Deutsche Lufthansa AG  Jaime Vallaure, Deputy Regional Director, World Food Programme  Carlo Vassallo, CEO, Ferrero Germany  Dieter Wemmer, CFO, Allianz SE  Andreas Wiele, Head of BILD Division and Magazines, Axel Springer  Ulrich Wilhelm, Director of the Press and Information Office of the German Government  Levin Zhu, CEO, China International Capital Co. Ltd.  Reinhard Zinkann, Managing Director and Co-Proprietor, Miele & Cie. KG

* Position at time of MasterClass lecture