Who We Are

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.