A first-class faculty of experts –

At present, 42 professors are conducting high-quality research at WHU. Every member of our faculty is an international expert in their field, serving the academic world through innovative joint research projects:

• Professor Nihat Aktas - Chair of Mergers and Acquisitions
• Professor Christian Andres - Chair of Empirical Corporate Finance
• Professor Holger Ernst - Chair of Technology and Innovation Management
• Professor Dries Faems - Chair of Entrepreneurship, Innovation and Technological Transformation
• Professor Martin Fassnacht - Chair of Strategy and Marketing
• Professor Ralf Fendel - Chair of Monetary Economics
• Professor Michael Frenkel - Chair of Macroeconomics and International Economics
• Professor Fabiola H. Gerpott - Chair of Leadership
• Professor Martin Glaum - Chair of International Accounting
• Professor Christina Günther - IHK-Chair of Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises
• Professor Christian Hagist - Chair of Economic and Social Policy
• Professor Walter Herzog - Chair of Market Research
• Professor Christoph Hienerth - Chair of Entrepreneurship and Creativity
• Professor Arnd Huchzermeier - Chair of Production Management
• Professor Martin Jacob - adidas Chair of Finance, Accounting and Taxation
• Professor Ove Jensen - Chair of Sales Management and Business-to-Business Marketing
• Professor Lutz Johanning - Chair of Empirical Capital Market Research
• Professor Peter-J. Jost - Chair of Organizational Theory
• Professor Nadine Kammerlander - Chair of Family Business
• Professor Yuval Kalish - Chair of Leadership, Networks, and Organizations

• Professor Ayse Karaevli - Chair of Corporate Management and Change
• Professor Lutz Kaufmann - Chair of Business Negotiations & Procurement I
• Professor Jane Lê - Chair of Strategic  Management
• Professor Lukas Löhlein - Institute of Management Accounting and Control
• Professor Michael Massmann - Chair of Econometrics and Statistics
• Professor Miriam Müthel - Chair of Organizational Behavior
• Professor Serden Ozcan - Chair of Innovation and Corporate Transformation
• Professor Felix Reimann - Chair of Business Negotiations & Procurement II
• Professor Marko Reimer - Institute of Management Accounting and Control
• Professor Markus Rudolf - Allianz Endowed Chair of Finance
• Professor Utz Schäffer - Institute of Management Accounting and Control
• Professor Nic Schaub - Chair of Household Finance
• Professor Christian Schlereth - Chair of Digital Marketing
• Professor Sascha L. Schmidt - Center for Sports and Management
• Professor Liji Shen - Chair of Operations Management
• Professor Stefan Spinler - Chair of Logistics Management
• Professor Arne Strauss - Mercator Endowed Chair of Demand Management & Sustainable Transport
• Professor Tillmann Wagner - Chair of Service Psychology
• Professor Carl Marcus Wallenburg - Chair of Logistics and Services Management
• Professor Mei Wang - Chair of Behavioral Finance
• Professor Jürgen Weigand - Institute for Industrial Organization
• Professor B. Burcin Yurtoglu - Chair of Corporate Finance

Young academics with a doctorate are given the opportunity to gain valuable teaching experience, conduct their own research, and thus qualify to take up a professorship in the future. Assistant professors work at the school for up to six years and become part of the renowned WHU network:

• Assistant Professor Marjolein Buisman
• Assistant Professor Nicole Gottschalck
• Assistant Professor Julia de Groote
• Assistant Professor Irina Heimbach
• Assistant Professor Lisa Hillmann
• Assistant Professor Priscilla Kraft
• Assistant Professor Jiachun Lu
• Assistant Professor Magdalena Pisa
• Assistant Professor Anna Ressi
• Assistant Professor Rainer Michael Rilke
• Assistant Professor Daniel Schaupp
• Assistant Professor Anna-Karina Schmitz
• Assistant Professor Elena Shvartsman
• Assistant Professor Barbara Stage
• Assistant Professor Simon Straumann
• Assistant Professor Victor van Pelt
• Assistant Professor Pisitta Vongswasdi

Adjunct professors are experts distinguished in research and teaching who are employed full-time at another university. In their work as adjunct professors at WHU, they generally teach in WHU's programs and devote themselves to specific research projects - often in collaboration with other WHU faculty members:

• Adjunct Professor Malte Brettel - Chair of Entrepreneurship and New Business Development
• Adjunct Professor Franz Kellermanns
• Adjunct Professor Peter Witt

Academically qualified persons may be appointed as an „Außerplanmäßige Professorin“ or „Außerplanmäßiger Professor“ if they teach regularly at WHU. This is possible for former assistant professors after a positive evaluation, for people with a post-doctoral degree („Habilitierte“), or for persons who otherwise fulfill the hiring requirements for a professorship. Through different backgrounds, „Außerplanmäßige Professorin“ or „Außerplanmäßiger Professor“ contribute to the variety of faculty profiles, whereby excellent performance in research and teaching as well as a clear contribution to the further development of the school are a prerequisite:

• apl. Professor Katrin Baedorf
• apl. Professor Tim Oliver Brexendorf
• apl. Professor Dominik Schreyer

With the title Honorary Professor, WHU honors individuals who have rendered outstanding scientific services in the course of their professional activities or scientific field, and who have thus become significant personalities both for the academic field and for the corporate world.

WHU only honors those individuals who have made a long-term commitment to the future success of the school and thus ensure continued excellence. With their diverse expertise, they contribute to WHU’s high teaching quality.

In the 30 years since the school was founded, this honor has been bestowed upon only 17 individuals to date:

• Honorary Professor Paul Achleitner
• Honorary Professor Horst Albach **
• Honorary Professor David B. Audretsch
• Honorary Professor Andreas Barckow
• Honorary Professor Klaus Brockhoff *
• Honorary Professor Horst G. Carus *
• Honorary Professor Edgar Ernst
• Honorary Professor Karl Kley
• Honorary Professor Hartmut Leser

• Honorary Professor Edgar Löw
• Honorary Professor Peter May
• Honorary Professor Bolko von Oetinger
• Honorary Professor John Onto *
• Honorary Professor Jürgen Ringbeck
• Honorary Professor Dr. rer. pol. em. Klaus Rose ^** 
• Honorary Professor Hanno Sowade
• Honorary Professor Axel Wieandt

* Holds no more lectures.
** Deceased

A Senior Fellow of WHU is an exceptional personality from an economic, political or societal background who has rendered remarkable services to the school:

• Peter Görlich
• Matthias Hartmann
• Jan-Caspar Hoffmann
• Dr. Marco Vietor

• Professor Dr. Dr. h.c. mult. Jaakko Honko (†)
• Professor Dr. h.c. mult. Donald Jacobs (†)
• Professor Dr. Dr. h.c. mult. Peter Mertens
• Professor Dr. Dr. h.c. Dieter Ordelheide (†)
• Professor Dr. Dr. h.c. mult. Paul Riebel (†)
• Dr. h.c. Nikolaus Schweickart
• Professor Dr. Dr. h.c. mult. Pierre Tabatoni (†)
• Professor Dr. Dr. h.c. Carl Zimmerer (†)
• Professor Dr. Dr. h.c. mult. Erich Greipl (†)

• Professor Dr. Dr. h.c. Otto Beisheim (†)
• Dr. h.c. Albrecht Deyhle
• Professor Dr. h.c. Klaus-Michael Kühne
• Dr. h.c. Hans-Joachim Spittler (†)
• Professor Dr. Dr. h.c. Reinhard H. Schmidt

• Professor Dr. Dr. h.c. mult. Klaus Brockhoff

• Professor Dr. Dr. h.c. Karl-Friedrich Meyer