Letter from the President

Professor Eric Weber is professor of accounting and control. He was the associate dean for 17 years, and member of the Executive Committee of IESE for 23 years. He is a member of the Harvard Business School – IESE Advisory Committee. He has formerly served as the associate dean for the MBA program, as the associate dean for Executive Education and Executive MBA Programs, and as the academic director for the Global Executive MBA program.

Dr. Weber earned his Ph.D. in Management (Accounting and Information Systems) from the Kellogg Graduate School of Management, Northwestern University, USA, and his MBA from IESE. He also holds a degree in mechanical engineering from the Universidad Simón Bolivar, in Venezuela.

Professor Eric Weber is professor of accounting and control. He was the associate dean for 17 years, and member of the Executive Committee of IESE for 23 years. He is a member of the Harvard Business School – IESE Advisory Committee. He has formerly served as the associate dean for the MBA program, as the associate dean for Executive Education and Executive MBA Programs, and as the academic director for the Global Executive MBA program.

Dr. Weber earned his Ph.D. in Management (Accounting and Information Systems) from the Kellogg Graduate School of Management, Northwestern University, USA, and his MBA from IESE. He also holds a degree in mechanical engineering from the Universidad Simón Bolivar, in Venezuela.

Martin Klein was born in Bonn in 1959. After serving in the military in Hanover, he studied mechanical engineering at the Technical University of Munich and the Technical University of Berlin, graduating in Berlin. In 1986, he started working for Brown Boveri Company in Berlin in project planning and sales of industrial steam turbines. From 1987 he worked in Cologne in a position of responsibility in the financing of educational initiatives of non-profit organisations. Since 2002, he has been the founder and managing director of the Dr.-Franz-Josef-Kreuels Foundation, a charitable umbrella foundation in the education sector.

Michael is a Partner and Managing Director of AlixPartners, Frankfurt, and work in Corporate Restructuring for more than 35 years, thereof as Officer on Executive and Non-Executive Level in crisis and complex stakeholder situations for the last 20 years. He is specialized in operational and financial restructuring situations mainly of large and family owned companies across Europe and works with the full variety of financial sponsors – banks, Private Equity and Hedge Funds included.

Michael is a lecturer in Crisis Management of IESE Business School. He is a Diplom-Kaufmann (MBA) and a Dr.rer.pol (phD) of University of Cologne and participated at the AMP Program of IESE Business School.

Michael is married, has four children and lives close to Frankfurt am Main/ Germany.

Jaime Alonso Stuyck is the Managing Director of the IESE International Foundation. As a recognized expert in endowment management, he is the author of the book “Gestión de Patrimonios” (Planeta-Deusto, 2022), president of the Investment Committee of IESE Business School, and a member of Investment Committees of various institutional and family funds. Additionally, he has extensive experience in the governance and development of social institutions in Germany, Spain, Great Britain, Israel, Italy, and the United States.

With a distinguished career in higher education entities, before joining IESE as Managing Director in 2007, he served as Manager at the International University of Catalonia, the Euro-Arab Management School, and the Università Santa Croce in Rome.

Jaime holds a degree in Physical Sciences from the University of Valencia and has completed a General Management Program at IESE. He has also taken specialized course in management and financial investments at Harvard Business School, The Warthog School, Yale School of Management, Stanford Graduate School of Management, and London Business School.

Dr. Heike Maria von Joest is founding partner of von Joest Asset GmbH in Berlin. From 2005 to 2008, she was Director General of Gesamtmetall in Berlin, the employer’s association for Germany’s most important industrial sector, the metal and electrical industry. Von Joest has an industry background, she was Head of Corporate HR Europe & Worldwide Development at Knorr-Bremse Group, where she held various positions in Sales, Finance, and Merger & Acquisitions before. Von Joest graduated in Business Administration at University of Passau, where she earned a doctorate in Organizational Theory. She joined AMP 2013/14 in IESE Barcelona/Munich. She founded and chaired various foundations in the third sector.

Ruth Madrid Dusik is Head of Department in the Corporate IT of Siemens and has extensive experience in leading international teams as well as in delivering complex IT transformation projects.

Her focus is on the collaborative development of sustainable and pragmatic solutions that create real value in everyday operations.

As a graduate of the IESE Business School’s EMBA program, she is actively engaged as a board member of the IESE Germany Chapter as well as a mentor. She is particularly passionate about education, the development of young talent, and social responsibility.

Rudolf Repgen leads International Executive Education for IESE Business School across the DACH region. Since joining the school in 2002, he launched its first programs in Munich and was instrumental in establishing the school’s Munich campus. Prior to IESE, he held editorial and management positions at C.H.Beck Publishing. Alongside his work with senior executives, Rudolf coaches C-suite leaders and mentors students and young professionals through pro bono initiatives. He is a qualified attorney, holds an IESE Global Executive MBA, is a certified Global EMMC coach, and is a journalism alumnus of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation.

José Pons was born in 1966 in Palma de Mallorca, Spain. He studied Telecommunications at RWTH Aachen University in Germany, graduating in 1991. He began a career at Ericsson as a Software Developer, later advancing to Group Manager and subsequently serving as a Total Project Manager. Led large-scale software projects involving 300 engineers across 14 countries, implementing switching systems for the GSM mobile communication standard. From 2003 to 2014, he was actively involved in various educational and fundraising initiatives. In 2015, he joined the IESE Campus in Munich, currently serving as the Director for Alumni and Institutional Development for the DACH region and the Balearic Islands. Also he engaged as co-founder and advisor to two NGOs. 2015 he graduated at the IESE Business School the Advanced Management Program.