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The Institute of Management Accounting & Control –

A Think Tank on Controlling & Strategy Execution

Under the joint directorship of Professor Lukas Löhlein, Professor Marko Reimer and Professor Utz Schäffer, the Institute of Management Accounting and Control (IMC) bundles the activities of the associated professors, doctoral students, and other staff members in the fields of research, teaching, and business engagement. Professor Emeritus Jürgen Weber continues to be actively associated with the IMC.

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What we do

Research

We want to learn about the counterpart role in the finance function as part of organized learning and critique. 

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Teaching

We want to contribute to the education of responsible leaders in the finance function and beyond. 

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Business Engagement

We accompany the transformation of the finance function and the development of the controller profession.

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#2
doctoral program in Europe

#1 
textbook on the German market

100+
publications in peer-reviewed journals

14
partner companies

1,000+
members of the WHU Controller Panel

40
alumni in academia

Our team

Meet our team – Working together to inspire and achieve.

Professor
Lukas Löhlein

+49 261 6509 490
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Professor
Marko Reimer

+49 261 6509 481
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Professor
Utz Schäffer

+49 261 6509 700
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Professor Emeritus Jürgen Weber

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Assistant Professor
Daniel Schaupp

+49 261 6509 816
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Honorary Professor
Edgar Ernst

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Visiting Professor
Lukas Goretzki

+49 261 6509 478
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Assistant Professor
Vera Linke

+49 261 6509 475
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Alisa Sophie Bach, M.Sc.

+49 261 6509 468
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Alexander Broich, M.Sc.

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Ines Christoph, Diploma

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Fei Dai, MBD, IMBA

+49 261 6509 485
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Virginia Galster, M.Sc.


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Rounak Gunjal, MBA

+49 261 6509 704
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Victoria Honsel, M.Phil.

+49 261 6509 487
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Jacqueline Klug, M.Sc.

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Tobias Knörrer, M.Sc.

+49 261 6509 461
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Katrin von der Lancken, M.A.

+49 261 6509 702
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Michael Möller, M.Sc.

+49 261 6509 491
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Johannes Pauleikhoff, M.Sc.

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Chjara-Stella Poggionovo, M.A.

+49 261 6509 463
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Nathalie Repenning, M.A.

+49 261 6509 482
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Florian Rester, M.Sc.

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Annalena Schmitt-Beuchel, M.Sc.

+49 261 6509 476
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Philipp Sekol, M.Sc.

+49 261 6509 707
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Gregor Spreer, M.Sc.

+49 261 6509 493
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Serap Boos

Office Manager

+49 261 6509 472
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Jan Sebastian Ebert, M.A.

Senior Student Affairs Manager

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Tania Günther, M.A.

Publications Manager

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Marianne Klose, Diploma

Office Manager,
Personal Assistant

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Constantin Kormann, B.A.

Project Manager

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Verena Kowalewski, Dipl.-Wirtsch.-Ing.

Panel Manager

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Dr. Carsten Lucaß

Office Manager,
Controlling & HR, Alumni Relations

+49 261 6509 473
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Maren Smieja, B.A.

Office Manager

+49 261 6509 484
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Dr. Amer Tabakovic

Panel Manager

+49 261 6509 492
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Ute Ziss

Office Manager,
Personal Assistant
to Professor Utz Schäffer

+49 261 6509 701
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Jobs & Doctoral Program

Become the newest member of the IMC team!

We are currently looking for high potentials who want to join a dynamic and motivated team within an inspiring WHU community. Take the next step, shape the institute with your ideas, and contribute to the success story of the leading think tank in the area of management accounting and control. Find more information about our vacancies below:

 

Doctoral studies at the IMC
Job opportunities at the IMC

Jobs & Doctoral Program

Become the newest member of the IMC team!

We are currently looking for high potentials who want to join a dynamic and motivated team within an inspiring WHU community. Take the next step, shape the institute with your ideas, and contribute to the success story of the leading think tank in the area of management accounting and control. Find more information about our vacancies below:

 

Doctoral studies at the IMC
Job opportunities at the IMC

News

News from the IMC –
Find out what we've been up to!

This year's WHU Campus for Controlling took place on the Vallendar campus on September 8, 2023.

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Steering Through the Fog: How Color Coding Affects Decision Making in Noisy Environments.

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Evelien Reusen from Rotterdam School of Management presented her research paper on the spillover effects between formal and informal management control systems.

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Lukas Löhlein from the IMC accepted by tenure committee

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Ilja Doering, Head of Global Business Planning & Analysis at Merck, was a guest speaker in Utz Schäffer’s Advanced Management Accounting and Control lecture.

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Dr. Dieter Kahling, Corporate Vice President Group Financial Controlling at Henkel AG & Co. KGaA, as guest in Professor Utz Schäffer's MBA Strategy Execution course.

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Georgios Stratigakis, Vice President Group Financial Controlling at Deutsche Telekom AG, as a guest speaker at WHU in Vallendar.

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Alumni

Our alumni – Meet the members of our alumni family.