Nadine Kammerlander
Free University of Bozen/Bolzano
Dianne H.B. Welsh
United States Dianne H.B. Welsh is the Hayes Distinguished Professor at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. She is known for her work in establishing new programs in training entrepreneurs and developing university curricula on entrepreneurship. Welsh has a B.A. from the University of Iowa (1978), an M.S. Emporia State University (1984), and a […]
Pedro Vazquez
Pedro has a degree in Psychology (UNLP), a Master in Business Administration (Leipzig Graduate School of Management) and a PhD in Management (IAE Business School). His research interests are Family Business and the Government of Organizations, especially in Latin America and emerging regions. Before dedicating himself to an academic career, Pedro held executive and managerial […]
Yong Wang
Yong Wang is a Professor in Family Business & Entrepreneurship at Wolverhampton Business School. He served the International Family Enterprise Research Academy (IFERA), the world-leading family business research association as a Board Director during 2010-2017. In 2018, he was awarded Fellow of IFERA. Prof. Wang acts as the Head of the Doctoral Programme and leads […]
Alfredo De Massis
Free University of Bozen/Bolzano
José C. Casillas
2019 Conference Co-Chair
Shaker Zahra
USA Shaker A. Zahra is the Department Chair, Robert E. Buuck Chair of Entrepreneurship and Professor of Strategy in the Carlson School of Management at the University of Minnesota. He is also the Academic Director of the Gary S. Holmes Entrepreneurship Center. He has served also as the Academic Co-Director of Carlson Ventures Enterprises as […]
John Ward
USA John Ward teaches and studies strategic management, business leadership, and family enterprise continuity. He is an active researcher, speaker and consultant on continuity, ownership, governance, and philanthropy. Ward is Clinical Professor of Family Enterprises at Kellogg School of Management (USA), and has taught at IMD (Switzerland), Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Indian […]
Alvaro Vilaseca
Uruguay
Salvatore Tomaselli
Italy
Albert Jan Thomassen
The Netherlands Albert Jan Thomassen is an associate of The Family Business Consulting Group and teaches family business governance at TiasNimbas Business School. Next to that he is a consultant, speaker and moderator with a focus on ownership, governance and succession issues of business owning families.
Josep Tapies
Spain Professor Josep TÃ pies has held the Family-Owned Business Chair since October 1, 2003. Since gaining a doctorate in Industrial Engineering at the Polytechnic University of Catalonia and an MBA at ESADE, Professor TÃ pies has taught General Management in a number of different business schools in both Europe and Latin America, including AESE in Portugal, […]
