Who We Are

Founder

Prof. Dr. Dres. h.c.
Henner Schierenbeck

  • Former head of the Department for Bank Management and Controlling at the University of Basel

  • Honorary doctor of the University of Latvia and of the Mercator School of Management 

  • Founding Partner and Scientific Director of zeb, a leading multinational consulting firm specialized in banking and insurance

  • Former board member of Givaudan S.A.

  • Winner of the 2007 Kausch Prize

  • Author of the definitive textbook on banking, Ertragsorientiertes Bankmanagement, and of the leading German textbook on business administration, Grundzüge der Betriebswirtschaftslehre

Executive Director

Dr. Christian Schierenbeck

  • Graduate in business management from WHU Otto Beisheim School of Management in Vallendar

  • MBA from the McCombs School of Business at the University of Texas at Austin

  • Dr. rer. oec. (Ph.D. in economics) for his research at the intersection of business management and higher education

  • Manager at McKinsey & Company, focused on financial institutions and corporate strategy at McKinsey's New York, Cologne, and Rio de Janeiro offices

  • Author of Fixing Higher Education: A Business Manager’s Take on How to Boost Productivity in Higher Education

Executive Director

Dr. Thomas Schierenbeck

  • Licensed medical doctor from the Albert Ludwig University of Freiburg

  • Among the top 0.1% of 5,737 examinees in Germany's final medical exam

  • Experience in hospitals in Germany, France, Brazil, and the U.S.

  • Dr. med. (research doctorate) with Prof. Mathias Berger and Prof. Klaus Aktories, Germany's then preeminent researchers in psychiatry and toxicology

  • Manager at McKinsey & Company, focused on health care and corporate strategy, serving clients in Germany, Switzerland, Latin America, and the U.S.