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Our Guest Speakers –

Bridging the gap between business and academia

Exchanging scientific and business know-how and experiences is an essential component of both our research and teaching activities. We strive to follow up questions of managerial relevance in our research and apply these scientific insights in our teaching.

Corporate guest speakers make a considerable contribution to achieving this target. If you are interested in getting involved in our guest speaker program, please get in touch with us!

Michael Falkensteiner, Director Brand & Marketing Communications at Telefónica Germany

Title: The O2 Brand Reinvigoration — What does it really take to build a true superbrand?

Lecture: Marketing, Full-Time MBA

Date: Monday, Oct. 30, 2023


 

Miriam Dimke, Retail Media Brand Director DACH & Morteza Alizadeh, Senior Brand Manager, Procter & Gamble Germany

Title: Brand Building and Real-Life Examples of Online Growth Strategies for Consumer Goods in the Beauty and Health Industry

Lecture: Marketing, Full-Time MBA

Date: Wednesday, Oct. 25, 2023

Neil Heinisch, Co-CEO & Co-Founder of Play The Hype

 

Title: What factors do brands need to incorporate to effectively target their Generation Z audience?

Lecture: Marketing, Full-Time MBA

Date: Tuesday, Oct. 24, 2023
 

Peter Hartmann, Head of Digital Transformation and Jie Liu, Campaign Management & Paid Media

Title: Lessons from Digital Winners — What makes companies thrive in the dynamic landscape of digital transformation?

Lecture: Omnichannel Business Marketing, BSc.

Date: Wednesday, 11.10.2023

Thyge Backen, Industry Manager Apparel Retail

Title: How consumers shop today — Insights and findings from the Google Omnichannel Excellence Study 2022 and the Google Omnichannel Future Study 2023.

Lecture: Omnichannel Business Marketing, BSc. 

Date: Thursday, 05.10.2023

Daniel Lang, Senior Director

Title: "Behavioral Economics in the Digital World – Impact on Price, Product, and Sales Management"

Lecture: Price Management Part-Time MBA

Date: Saturday, 15.07.2023

Simon Rimrod, Vice President Commercial Offer Portfolio and Pricing

Title: "Price Management Lufthansa Group Perspective – Basics of Airline Revenue Management and the Role of Pricing"

Lecture: Price Management Part-Time MBA

Date: Saturday, 08.07.2023

Elisa Maria Kasparick, Manager

 

Title: "Seamless Experience: Unleashing the Power of Omnichannel in Practice"

Lecture: Omnichannel Business Part-Time MBA

Date: Saturday, 01.07.2023
 

Stefan Wenzel, Independent Advisor & Speaker

Title: "RET_AI_L – Run as fast as you can, and you'll stay where you are" — on the transformative impact of artificial intelligence on the business landscape

Lecture: Omnichannel Business Global Online MBA

Date: Saturday, 03.06.2023

WEICH Couture Alpaca, Jannik Weich, Co-Founder & CEO

Title: How to implement a luxury brand strategy for alpaca fur products for interior and home design from scratch — Business model and sales channels of a luxury brand for alpaca products in Europe

Lecture: Marketing Core Course, Part-Time MBA  

Date: Sunday, 29.01.2023


 

Eurowings, Dirk Otto, Head of Marketing

Title:"Repositioning of Eurowings"

Lecture: Marketing Fulltime MBA 

Date: Thursday, 03.11.2022

Erfahrene Führungskraft in Digital & Commerce, Stefan Wenzel, Berater

Title:"Dynamik des Marktes"

Lecture: Marketing Fulltime MBA 

Date: Wednesday, 02.11.2022

Jung von Matt, Janine Godbergsen, Strategy Director

Title:"Cross media Communication across a case campagne"

Lecture: Fullltime MBA 2023 

Date: Wednesday, 02.11.2022

Henkel AG & Co. KG, Clyde Araujo, Head of global ECRM

Title:"Consumer Package Goods (CPG-) industry"

Lecture: Omnichannel Business Marketing BSc. 

Date: Wednesday, 05.10.2022

Klarna, Dominic Hoffmann (Head of DACH & CEE) & Helena Rakovski (Senior Manager Business Development)

 

Title:"Payment options"

Lecture: Omnichannel Business Marketing BSc. 

Date: Thursday, 08.09.2022
 

SHARENOW, Moritz Schattka, Lead Pricing

Title:"SETTING PRICES IN HIGH-DIMENSIONAL SERVICE"

Lecture: Marketing, Part-Time MBA

Date: Thursday, 09.06.2022

SodaStream, Rüdiger Koppelmann, General Manager Sodastream Germany/Austria

Title:"Sustainability 2022: Economy and Ecology in Harmony"

Lecture: Marketing, Full-Time MBA

Date: Thursday, 09.06.2022

Meta, Marie-Eve Schröder, GROUP DIRECTOR DACH, EMEA HEAD SUSTAINABILITY FOR BUSINESS

Title:"THE METAVERSE: THE FUTURE OF THE INTERNET"

Lecture: Marketing, Full-Time MBA

Date: Wednesday, 08.06.2022

Gorillas, Moritz Hoffmann, Director Global E-Commerce & Revenue

Title:"Traditionelles Einkaufserlebnis versus 1. und 2. Generation des Online Einkaufs"

Lecture: Marketing, Full-Time MBA

Date: Thursday, 02.06.2022

Winfried Rübesam, Managing Director at fritz-Kulturgüter GmbH

Title: "Why you need guts to do pricing right"

Lecture: Price Management, Full-Time MBA

Date: Sunday, 23.03.2022

Dr. Alexander Perli, Senior Director

Title: Behavioral economics in the digital world

Lecture: Price Management, Full-Time MBA

Date: Tuesday, 22.03.2022

Victor Bergmann, Head of Partnerships DACH & MENA at Google Pay

Title: "A better way to pay, by Google"

Lecture: Omnichannel Business

Date: Tuesday, 08.02.2022

Dr. Steegmann

Title: People and Pets always in our focus - The Fressnapf Ökosystem

Lecture: Omnichannel Business Marketing

Date: Sunday, 02.02.2022

Thomas Knorps, Head of Digital and eCommerce, Laundry and Home Care Germany and MBA lecturer

Title: DIGITALIZATION AS A GROWTH DRIVER IN THE LAUNDRY AND HOME CARE SEGMENT

Lecture: Omnichannel Business Marketing

Date: Sunday, 25.01.2022

Dr. Nicolas Werner-Schmolling

Title: "AWS and Amazon's Culture of Innovation"

Lecture: Marketing, Part-Time MBA

Date: Sunday, 16.01.2022


 

Dr. Nils Daecke

Digital Information Officer & Vice President Henkel Beauty Care / Henkel dx

Lecture: Marketing, Part-Time MBA

Date: Sunday, 16.01.2022

Industry Manager at Google

Title: "Omnichannel Retail Philosophy"

Lecture: Omnichannel Business, Global Online MBA

Date: Saturday, 04.12.2021

Leader in Digital & Commerce | Advisor | Speaker

Title: "The perfect storm in commerce - Shape & meaning of the new landscape"

Lecture: Omnichannel Business, Global Online MBA

Date: Sonntag, 28.11.2021

 

CVP SMU Europe & Sustainability at Henkel Beauty Care

Title: "The Sustainability Challenge"

Lecture: Marketing Core Course, Full-Time MBA

Date: Tuesday, 02.11.2021

Director Marketing bei ABOUT YOU

Title: "Marketing at ABOUT YOU"

Lecture: Marketing Core Course, Full-Time MBA

Date: Thursday, 28.10.2021

CEO at The Bridge To Luxury

Title: "The Principles of Strategic Luxury Management"

Lecture: Marketing Core Course, Full-Time MBA

Date: Thursday, 28.10.2021

Director Omnichannel at adidas

Title: "Omnichannel Experiences in China"

Lecture: Omnichannel Business, Part-Time MBA

Date: Sunday, 11.07.2021

General Manager at Deutscher Franchiseverband

Title: "Multichannel Management in Franchise Networks"

Lecture: Omnichannel Business, Part-Time MBA

Date: Saturday, 10.07.2021

Chief Marketing Officer Henkel Beaty Care at Henkel

Title: "How purpose drives growth"

Lecture: Marketing Core Course, Full-Time MBA

Date: Wednesday, 23.06.2021

Chief Marketing Officer at SunExpress Airlines

Title: "The Corona Challenge? Jump on the opportunity and drive significant change in Marketing!"

Lecture: Marketing Core Course, Full-Time MBA

Date: Tuesday, 22.06.2021

Director Strategy and Business Development at MCM

Title: "MCM and the new challenges of customer acquisition in der luxury fashion industry"

Lecture: Marketing Core Course, Full-Time MBA

Date: Thursday, 10.06.2021

Director at Simon-Kucher & Partners

Title: "Behavioural economics in the digital world "

Lecture: Price Management, Part-Time MBA

Date: Sunday, 06.06.2021

Director Pricing & Planning at ABOUT YOU

Title: "Pricing at YBOUT YOU - Challenges of an online fashion retailer"

Lecture: Price Management, Part-Time MBA

Date: Saturday, 05.06.2021

Director at Simon-Kucher & Partner

Title: "Behavioural economics in the digital world"

Lecture: Price Management, CMiME (MSc)

Date: Friday, 14.05.2021

Co-Founder & Managing Director of 7Learnings

Title: "Predictive pricing for retailers"

Lecture: Price Management, CMiME (MSc)

Date: Friday, 14.05.202

CEO at fritz-kulturgüter GmbH

Title: "Pricing strategies"

Lecture: Price Management, CMiME (MSc)

Date: Thursday, 13.05.2021

Leader in Digital & Commerce | Advisor | Speaker

Title: "The new Retail is Digital - a world between myths & scale"

Lecture: Omnichannel Business, Kellogg-WHU EMBA

Date: Sunday, 9.05.202

Global Digital Marketing Director at Miele X

Title: "Miele X global Digital Hub"

Lecture: Omnichannel Business, Kellogg-WHU EMBA

Date: Friday, 07.05.2021

Team Lead Global Monetization & Head of Pricing and Portfolio at StepStone

Title: "Pricing & Portfolio at Stepstone"

Lecture: Price Management, CMiME

Date: Thursday, 15.04.2021

Director Data Technology & Business Intelligence at Handelsblatt

Title: "Price Management at Handelsblatt"

Lecture: Price Management, Full-Time MBA

Date: Thursday, 25.03.2021

VP Commercial Offer Portfolio at Swiss International Air Lines

Title: "Price Management - Lufthansa Group Perspective"

Lecture: Price Management, Full-Time MBA

Date: Wednesday, 24.03.2021

Director E-Business at ROSE Bikes

Title: "Omnichannel Transformation at Rose Bikes"

Lecture: Omnichannel Business, Full-Time MBA

Date: Wednesday, 10.03.2021

Vice Chairman of the Board at Fressnapf

Title: "Fressnapf's omnichannel transformation"

Lecture: Omnichannel Business, Full-Time MBA

Date: Wednesday, 10.03.2021

Vice President Digital Henkel Beauty Care at Henkel

Title: "Digital transformation at Henkel"

Lecture: Marketing Core Course, Part-Time MBA

Date: Saturday & Sunday, 06.-07.02.2021

Chief of Staff/ Business Lead Central Europe at Facebook

Title: "Opportunities and Trends at Facebook"

Lecture: Marketing Core Course, Part-Time MBA

Date: Sunday, 17.01.2021

Global Marketing Manager at Katjes Fassin GmbH + Co. KG

Title: "Innovation in the sugar confectionery market"

Lecture: Marketing Core Course, Part-Time MBA

Date: Saturday, 16.01.2021

Content Creator at Foodnewsgermany

Title: "Food influencer FOODNEWSGERMANY"

Cours: Marketing Core Course, Full-Time MBA

Date: Tuesday, 24.11.2020

Account Manager DACH at Pinterest

Title: "Targeting and campaigning at Pinterest"

Lecture: Marketing Core Course, Full-Time MBA

Date: Monday, 23.11.2020

Senior Vice President of Global Brand Management, Telenor Group

Title: "How brands stay relevant?"

Lecture: Marketing Core Course, Full-Time MBA

Date: Tuesday, 30.06.2020

Director Strategy & Business Development at MCM

Title: "MCM worldwide: How to cope with COVID19?"

Lecture: Marketing Core Course, Full-Time MBA

Date: Monday, 29.06.2020

Manager Digital Innovation Program at Amazon Web Services

Title: "Amazon’s culture of innovation"

Lecture: Marketing Core Course, Full-Time MBA

Date: Tuesday, 23.06.2020

Executive Director Sales, Marketing, Aftersales at Opel

Title: "Pricing at Opel"

Lecture: Price Management, Part-Time MBA

Date: Sunday, 24.05.2020

CEO at NGF rocks

Title: "Pricing of New Products and Innovations"

Lecture: Price Management, Part-Time MBA

Date: Satruday, 23.05.2020

Vice President Digital Henkel Beauty Care at Henkel

Title: "Pricing of New Products and Innovations"

Lecture: Price Management, Part-Time MBA

Date: Satruday, 23.05.2020

Senior Head of Global Demand Planning at HUGO BOSS

Title: "Omnichannel Strategy at HUGO BOSS"

Lecture: Omnichannel Business, Part-Time MBA

Date: Satruday, 18.04.2020


 

Executive Director Sales, Marketing, Aftersales at Opel

Title: "Pricing at Opel"

Lecture: Price Management, Full-Time MBA

Date: Wednesday, 25.03.2020

Business Development Manager Pricing at Vistex GmbH

Title: "Digital Transformation and Pricing"

Lecture: Price Management, Full-Time MBA

Date: Wednesday, 18.03.2020

CIO at TUI Group

Title: "Inspired Transformation"

Lecture: Marketing Core Course, Part-Time MBA

Date: Saturday, 01.02.2020

Head of Retail & Wholesale Poland at Hugo BOSS

Title: "Omnichannel Marketing at Hugo Boss"

Lecture: Omnichannel Bootcamp

Date: Thursday, 30.01.2020

Head of eCommerce Germany bei Henkel Laundry & Home Care

Title: "Henkel Insights"

Lecture: Marketing Core Course, Part-Time MBA

Date: Saturday, 11.01.2020
 

Director Strategy & Insights at McDonald’s Germany

Title: "Procing Strategy at McDonald’s"

Lecture: B2C Price Management, M.Sc.

Date: Monday, 02.12.2019

Head of E-Commerce bei Henkel Laundry & Home Care

Title: "Omnichannel at Henkel"

Lecture: Omnichannel Bootcamp

Date: Thursday, 28.11.2019

Partner at Simon, Kucher & Partners

Title: "International Price Management"

Lecture: B2C Price Management, MSc

Date: Wednesday, 27.11.2019

Client Solutions Manager Retail DACH at Facebook

Title: "Mobile Advertising and Messaging"

Lecture: Marketing Core Course, Full-Time MBA

Date: Wednesday, 23.10.2019


 

CEO, Porsche Design Group

Title: "Porsche Design Timepieces - Relaunch of a Premium Watch Brand"

Lecture: Luxury Brand Marketing

Date: Wednesday, 17.07.2019

Product Management S-Class and Derivates, Pullman Mercedes-Benz

Title: "Modern Luxury"

Lecture: Luxury Brand Marketing

Date: Monday, 15.07.2019

Managing Director, fritz-Kulturgüter

Title: "Fritz Kola"

Lecture:  Marketing Core Course, Full-Time MBA

Date: Wednesday, 26.06.2019

Director Account Management Hightech & Entertainmen, Arvato SCM Solutions

Title: „Outsourcing im Omnichannel Zeitalter"

Lecture: LZ Bootcamp - Omnichannnel Sales

Date: Thursday, 23.05.2019

Marketing Director, Parfums Christian Dior (LVMH)

Title: „Leading a luxury beauty brand in a disruptive environment”

Lecture: Luxus Brand Management, EMBA

Date: Saturday, 11.05.2019

Managing Partner, Wellendorff

Title: „Wellendorff Jewellery"

Lecture: Luxus Brand Management, EMBA

Date: Saturday, 11.05.201

 

Executive Vice President, Henkel Beauty Care

Title: „Reinventing Innovation & Marketing"

Lecture: Marketing, Part-Time MBA

Date: Saturday, 13.04.2019

Associates, A.T. Kearney

Title: „Digital in the Luxury Industry – Key Drivers and Implications"

Lecture: Luxury Brand Management, MSc

Date: Thursday, 04.04.2019

Director Marketing and Product Management, Hapag-Lloyd Cruises

Title: „Doing Marketing for EUROPA 2, the World's Best, Ultra-Luxury Cruise Vessel" 

Lecture: Lucury Brand Management, MSc

Date: Monday, 25.03.2019

Head of Sales Retail and Client Solutions Manager, Facebook Germany

Title: „Omnichannel Communication"

Lecture: LZ Bootcamp - Omnichannel Marketing

Date: Thursday, 31.01.2019

Founder & Managing Director, Esome

Title: „Social media - more than a niche”

Lecture: Marketing Core Course, Part-Time MBA

Date: Saturday, 26.01.2019

Director Pricing and Senior Manager Pricing, adidas

Title: „Value Based Pricing"

Lecture: Price Management, Full-Time MBA

Date: Wednesday, 23.01.2019

e-Category Manager, L'Oréal Germany

Title: „Orchestrating a successful omnichannel strategy in a selective distribution channel”

Lecture: Omnichannel Retail Marketing for Consumer Goods, BSc

Date: Tuesday, 25.09.2018

Senior Manager Brand Finance - Pricing and Assistant Manager Pricing – Value Based Pricing, adidas

Title: „Orchestrating a successful omnichannel strategy in a selective distribution channel”

Lecture: Omnichannel Retail Marketing for Consumer Goods, BSc

Date: Tuesday, 25.09.2018

Head of Product Management Mercedes-Benz S-Class, S-Coupé, S-Cabriolet and Mercedes-Maybach

Title: „Mercedes-Mabyach – a luxury brand on the move”

Lecture: Luxury Brand Management, MBA Guanghua School of Management

Date: Wednesday, 18.07.2018

Founder and CEO of The Bridge to Luxury – Consulting for Luxury Brands

Title: „Balancing tradition and innovation in industrial luxury – Asian opportunities"

Lecture: Luxury Brand Management, MBA Guanghua School of Management

Date: Monday, 16.07.2018

Managing Director, Esome

Title: „Social media - more than a niche”

Lecture: Marketing Core Course, MBA

Date: Monday, 18.06.2018

 

Marketing Director, Parfums Christian Dior

Title: „DIO(R)EVOLUTION – Managing a luxury brand in a disruptive Environment”

Lecture: Luxury Brand Management, EMBA

Date: Saturday, 26.05.2018

Director Product Management Europa 2 and Director Marketing, Hapag Lloyd Cruises

Title: „Doing marketing for EUROPA 2, the world’s best, ultra-luxury cruise vessel“ 

Lecture: Luxury Brand Management, MSc 

Date: Monday, 09.04.2018

Chief Multichannel Officer, GLOBUS SB-Warenhaus Holding GmbH & Co. KG

Title: „Retail communication transformation from traditional mass communication towards personalized customer dialogue“ 

Lecture: Omnichannel Retail Marketing for Consumer Goods, BSc 

Date: Wednesday, 07.02.2018

Senior Manager Brand Finance - Pricing, adidas

General Manager Maybelline New York, L'Oréal Deutschland GmbH

Title: “Digital marketing and cosmetics advertising delivered through social media and search engines” 

Lecture: Marketing, Full-Time MBA

Date: Saturday, 09.12.2017

Business Coach Expert Projects, Evonik

Title: “Pricing excellence in B2C companies - from basic rules to pricing innovation”

Lecture: B2C Price Management, MSc

Date: Monday, 04.12.2017

Partner, Global Consumer & Retail Practice, Simon-Kucher & Partner

Title: "International Price Management”

Lecture: B2C Price Management, MSc

Date: Monday, 20.11.2017

General Manager & Co-Founder, What's Beef?!

Title: "Digital Transformation in the Retail and Food Service Industry"

Lecture:  Marketing, Full-Time MBA

Date: Thursday, 26.10.2017

Senior Innovation Manager, OBI

Title: "OBI Gartenplaner – a X-Channel approach in the development from single product to solution provider”

Lecture: Omnichannel Retail Marketing, BSc

Date: Monday, 16.10.2017

Partner, Bain & Company Germany

Title: "Omnichannel – why it matters and what it takes"

Lecture:  Omnichannel Retail Marketing, BSc

Date: Thursday, 12.10.2017

Chief Multichannel Officer, GLOBUS SB-Warenhaus Holding GmbH & Co. KG

Title: „Retail communication transformation from traditional mass communication towards personalized customer dialogue“

Lecture:  Omnichannel Retail Marketing, BSc

Date: Friday, 15.09.2017

Business Coach Expert Projects, Evonik Germany

Title: "Pricing Excellence - From basic rules to pricing innovation: cross-industry examples”

Lecture:  Price Management, Part-Time MBA

Date: Saturday, 22.07.2017

CEO, BBDO Germany

Title: "Advertising in a digital world”

Lecture:  Introduction to Marketing, Full-Time MBA

Date: Wednesday, 26.04.2017

Managing Director, DataLab

Title: "Big Data: How to get valuable insights from my customer data?”

Lecture: Omnichannel Retail Marketing, BSc

Date: Wednesday, 15.02.2017

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