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 […]
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 […]
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 Tàpies 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 Tàpies has taught General Management in a number of different business schools in both Europe and Latin America, including AESE in Portugal, […]
Lloyd Steier
Canada Lloyd Steier is a Professor in the Department of Strategic Management and Organization at the University of Alberta School of Business. He holds a Distinguished Chair in Entrepreneurship and Family Enterprise and is the Academic Director of both the Centre for Entrepreneurship and Family Enterprise and the Alberta Business Family Institute.
Kosmas Smyrnios
Australia Kosmas is Professor of Family Business Entrepreneurship, School of Management RMIT University. In relation to his honorary editorial and research activities, Kosmas is Foundation Associate Editor of theJournal ofFamily Business Strategy and formerAssociate Editor of theFamily Business Review journal, and a former Foundation Board Member of the International Family Enterprise Research Academy (IFERA).
Sabine Rau
Germany Sabine Rau is Professor of Entrepreneurship and Family Business at King’s College London. Before going back to academia again, Dr. Rau founded her own business before joining her family’s business. She re-started her academic career as a Research Fellow at INSEAD in 2001. In 2003 Professor Rau took over the presidency of the international […]
Panikkos Poutziouris
Cyprus Dr Panikkos Poutziouris is Professor of Entrepreneurship and Family Business at UCLAN Cyprus –The Enterprising British University in Cyprus, heading the School of Business and Management. He has served for almost two decades on the Faculty of Manchester Business School – University of Manchester (UK) as Fellow in SME Management, Senior Lecturer in Entrepreneurship […]
