Jury 2019

Alfredo Pastor, PhD in Economics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (1973), is Emeritus Professor in the Department of Economics and the holder of IESE’s Banco Sabadell Chair of Emerging Markets. His areas of specialization include the European Union, Spanish economic policy, the role of the state in a market economy and the economy of […]

Annette Nijs  is an economist and China watcher. She is the Chair of  BSN, a private action learning business school, which teaches in more than 10 locations in Europe, China and Africa. (www.BSN.eu) Nijs published her second book on China called ‘The China Factor’ in English in July 2019. Her first book on China ‘China […]

Fernando joined KPMG’s audit department in 1982 and was appointed as partner in 1998. He is currently the partner responsible for the Catalonia and Balearic Islands offices at KPMG in Spain and for the KPMG in Andorra office. He is a member of KPMG in Spain’s Management Committee and also serves on KPMG in Spain’s […]

Francisco A. “Frank” Lorenzo is Chairman of Savoy Capital, Inc. (“Savoy”), a private investment firm formed in 1990 and located in New York City and in Houston, Texas. Previously, Mr. Lorenzo had been chief executive officer and principal shareholder of Continental Airlines and a predecessor company for eighteen years. In 1972, Mr. Lorenzo led a […]

Hans Ulrich Maerki joined IBM Switzerland in 1973. After some years in the sales area, he was promoted to a number of managerial positions in IBM’s Paris European Headquarters as well as in IBM Switzerland. From 1993 to 1995, he led IBM’s business in Switzerland as General Manager, before moving to IBM Europe in Paris […]

Chief Retail Officer – Novo Banco Academic Education: Electronics and Telecommunications Engineer, with a Post-Graduation in Advanced Banking Management, a Masters Degree in Marketing, an AMP from lESE Business School and an AMP from Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania. Professional Experience: Executive Board Member of Novo Banco (Portugal) responsible for all Retail, Private Banking, Digital […]

President, InterChina Mr. Borgonjon pioneered China’s business education in the early 1990s as the Director of the China Europe Management Institute (CEMI, Beijing), and in the mid-nineties as co-founder of the China Europe International Business School (CEIBS) in Shanghai. He was the founding president of CEIBS and a member of the board until 2015. Mr. […]

Jerry Wind is the Lauder Professor Emeritus and Professor of Marketing at The Wharton School and the founding Director of the Wharton SEI Center for Advanced Studies in Management (seicenter.wharton.upenn.edu), the Wharton Fellows program (whartonfellows.com), the Wharton Future of Advertising Program (wfoa.wharton.upenn.edu), and the co-founder of the Wharton-QS Reimagine Education program (reimagine-education.com). Upon receiving his […]

José Pedro Sebastián de Erice is Secretary General of Técnicas Reunidas Internacional (TR). Presently, Mr. Sebastian de Erice is Member of the Board of Trustees of the Foundation of Instituto de Credito Oficial (ICO). Chairman of the Spain-Russia Council. Member of the Spain-China Business Council. Vicepresident of the Club de Exportadores e Inversores (Spanish Exporters […]

Mr. Botet has a bachelor degree in Economics and Business from the University of Barcelona (1980). He is a Chartered Public Accountant by the Spanish Institute of Chartered Public Accountants (1983), and has an Advance Management Program degree from IESE Barcelona (1994). Since 1971 he has developed part of his career at CAPRABO, S.A., one of […]

Dr. Lorange is currently Honorary President of the Zurich Institute of Business Education, former Lorange Institute of Business Zurich, of which he was founder and Chairman from 2009 to 2015. Previously, Dr. Lorange was president IMD, from 1993 to 2008. He is currently Emeritus Professor at IMD. He was Professor of Strategy at IMD and held the […]