Faculty

Italian & Swiss

Consumers & Market Insights

Doctor of Philosophy in Management, Geneva School of Economics and Management – University of Geneva, Switzerland

Master of Philosophy in Management, IAE – University of Nice Sophia Antipolis, France

Diploma of Advanced Studies in Business Management, HEC Executive University of Geneva, Switzerland

Master of Science in Management, IAE – University of Savoy Mont-Blanc, Annecy, France

Postgraduate Certificate in Applied Environmental Economics, Imperial College London and School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, United Kingdom

Bachelor of Science in Economics and Management, University of Vallée d’Aoste, Aoste-Aosta, Italy

Giuseppe is also a Certified Management & Business Educator (CMBE), a Fellow of the Charted Institute of Marketing (FCIM) and a Certified Member of the Market Research Society (CMRS) in the United Kingdom.

An Italian and Swiss citizen, Dr Catenazzo is also an editor of international research books; his research on quality perceptions, service recovery, and complaining behaviour has been published in Production Planning and Control, International Journal of Quality and Reliability Management, Journal of Consumer Satisfaction, Dissatisfaction & Complaining Behavior, and Anatolia International Journal of Tourism and Hospitality Research.

Italian

Geopolitics

Ph.D. in Humanities with a specialization in Russian Studies to be defended in September 2023, University of Geneva, Switzerland.
Master Russia - East Central Europe at the Global Studies Institute of the University of Geneva, Switzerland.
Master in Modern Languages for Communication and International Cooperation at the University of Bergamo, Italy.

Iacopo is specialized in the history, geopolitics, and development issues of the Russian Far East, as well as in the relations between the Russian Federation and certain Asian countries, such as China and Japan among others. He formerly conducted several field researches in the historical archives of the Russian Federation and in particular of the Russian Far East. He also previously taught at the Global Studies Institute of the University of Geneva, an institution with which he is still collaborating for research and teaching purposes.

French
Financial Management

Master’s degree in finance and Project management, SKEMA Lille, France
Bachelor in Statistic Econometry, University of Lille, France

Philippe is a senior finance professional, with more than 13 years in large corporations like P&G. Today he is working for Becton Dickinson medical device, as Senior Finance Lead in Supply Chain. He had led multiple projects in various finance field, like corporate finance, IT, sales, and operation. He is also consulting to SME around business model, financing, and value creation.

Italian
International Migration and World Politics

PhD in Anthropology and Sociology of Development, Graduate Institute, Geneva
University degree, Sociology, specialization in Anthropology and Development, Unversita degli studi di Milano-Bicocca

Claudio is a long-term scholar of conflict, humanitarian and migration studies with a broad professional experience in the aid sector. He earned his PhD in Anthropology at the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies, Geneva. A specialist of South Sudan, he has conducted fieldwork in East-Africa and across different regions of the world, with an interest in transnational mobility and international bureaucracies.
Previously, he worked for international organizations such as Médecins Sans Frontières and the Global Fund. As a consultant, he has conducted analysis and research on conflict, refugee policies, emergency relief and international development.

Human Rights : from Law to Politics

Turkish

Master of International Relations, at Middle East Technical University

Bilal Salaymeh is a doctoral researcher at the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies (IHEID) and its Center on Conflict, Development and Peacebuilding (CCDP). He is interested in peace and conflict studies with geographical expertise in the Middle East. Bilal’s doctoral research focuses on conflict dynamics and the re-formation of local political order, particularly in Syria and Libya. He is also part of the research team of the project ‘A Child of its Time, the Impact of World Politics on Peacebuilding’, a multi-year research project that investigates how the shifts from unipolarity influence the UN peace missions.

Data Privacy, Protection and Governance
British/Swiss

Masters Degree in Natural Sciences (Physics) from Cambridge University
Executive MBA in Management and Corporate Finance from the University of Lausanne
CIPP/E, CIPM and CIPT certifications from the International Association of Privacy Professionals (IAPP)

Michael is an expert in data privacy with over 6 years of senior level experience in building and operating a global privacy program for a major multinational. With a background in IT, program/project management and Information Security, Michael held a full-time privacy role to develop a comprehensive global privacy program based on the GDPR and built a global team of 25 dedicated privacy champions to drive adoption of and compliance with the program. The program addressed all aspects of data privacy compliance for a global organisation with particular focus on consumer and HR data.

Statistics

French & Italian

Master in Financial Engineering. EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland

Bachelor in Business Administration, University of Geneva, Switzerland

Eva-Francesca is an experienced statistician with a strong background in health and social justice. She currently works at HUG in the emergency department, and she previously served as a researcher in the International Labour Organisation (ILO) for four years. At the ILO, her focus revolved around topics such as child labour, modern slavery and discrimination. She holds a Master's Degree in Financial Engineering from EPFL and is a firm believer that data can be used to make a meaningful contribution to the world.

Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning
Italian / Swiss

Doctorate Artificial Intelligence, University of Torino, Italy
Bachelor in Computer Science, University of Torino, Italy

Paolo is working for Philip Morris International as Head of IT Supply
Chain and Logistics. He started his professional career as Telecomm
engineer at Cisco Systems and then he gained more 20 years of IT and
Operations corporate management experience in Switzerland, Belgium,
The Nederland’s and Nordics countries.
Paolo is focused on delivering innovative solutions to enable process
digitalization, enhancing data analytics capabilities and adopting stateof-
the-art AI/ML technologies.

Data Analytics and Artificial Intelligence

Italian

Master degree in Bioengineering, EPFL, Switzerland

Bachelor in Information Engineering, University of Padova, Italy

Alessandro is working for Procter and Gamble as Advanced Data and Analytics Lead. Entrepreneur and advanced analytics professional he has expertise both in the large corporations and start-ups as well as managing teams and working on large scale projects in the Biomedical, Consumers and Fashion industries.

International Trade Law

Korean

Ph.D. in International Law, Graduate Institute, Switzerland

Masters in International Law, Korea University, Republic of Korea

Masters in International Law and Economics, World Trade Institute, Switzerland

Dr. Lee, from the Republic of Korea, is currently serving the Committee on Trade and Environment at the World Trade Organization. Prior to joining the WTO Secretariat in 2007, she worked at the United Nations Development Programme in Slovakia and Korea International Cooperation Agency, among others. She holds a PhD in international law from the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies in Geneva. Her most recent publication includes "Promoting Good Governance: From Encouraging a Principle to Taking Concrete Action – Example from WTO Accession Protocols and the WTO Trade Facilitation Agreement"(Cambridge University Press). She is frequently engaging with students at BA and Master's level as an adjunct professor.

Department Head, Management & Marketing
Management
French / Tunisian 
 
DBA, Audencia and Toulouse Business school
Lean Six Sigma Black Belt certified
Master in International economics, University Paris X Nanterre and Ecole Nationale Supérieure de Cachan
Master in Strategic Intelligence, Institut des Relations Internationales et Stratégiques, Paris
Bachelor in Economics, University Paris X Nanterre

Dr. Debbich has worked several years as consultant and project manager before holding global positions in the fields of quality and continuous improvement within FMCG companies such as Nestlé and Givaudan.

International Environmental Law and Policy
Filipino/Swiss

LLM in International and Comparative Law, Georgetown University, USA Bachelor of Laws, University of the Philippines, Philippines
BA Political Science, University of the Philippines, Philippines

Vicente is currently a Senior Legal Adviser at the Third World Network (Malaysia), a Visiting Fellow at the UN Research Institute for Social Development (Switzerland), and an Associate Fellow at the Geneva Center for Security Policy (Switzerland). Previously, he served as the Deputy Executive Director of the South Centre, the intergovernmental policy research institution of developing countries based in Geneva. His substantive policy work covers policy and legal advice and capacity building on, inter alia, the right to development, international environmental law, international trade policy, international climate change policy, and South-South cooperation. He has been a technical adviser and negotiator for various developing countries and their groups in the UN climate change negotiations since 2007 to the present. He has taught law at the University of the Philippines, the University of Tulsa College of Law’s Geneva Summer Semester Program and Duke University’s Terry Sanford School of Public Policy’s Geneva Summer Program and lectured on international environmental diplomacy with the School for International Training-Geneva.

Project & Operations Management
French

Master 2 degree in Economics and International trade (Perpignan University via Domitia, France)
Master degree in Economics and management (Nice Sophia Antipolis University, France)

Vincent Liverant is Global Customer Operations and Process excellence leader for Maxeon Sunpower, one of the global leading solar energy solutions provider HQ in Singapore.
With 20 years + of experience in sales operations, supply chain and program management, Vincent had the opportunity to lead various regional and global projects related to Sales Operations and Customer services in B2B industries. Attentive to Change management fundamentals with a genuine respect for cultural differences, customer focus is a priority for him.

Marketing and Communications
Hungarian

Master’s and bachelor’s degree in Economics, Corvinus University of Budapest, Hungary
 

Currently Project Manager - Traditional Knowledge and Cultural Expressions at WIPO, Melinda has had 14 years of international experience in the industries of FMCG and lifestyle across global, regional and end-market roles. As marketing executive of leading multinational companies (L’Oréal Group, Ralph Lauren, Procter & Gamble) her areas of expertise include product and portfolio management, brand equity & architecture, consumer insight and market research, business intelligence, campaign and content development incl. Comms toolkit, growth strategy and business model innovation.

Peace & Conflict Studies

Human Rights: Between Law and Politics

PhD Anthropology  and Sociology of Development,  Graduate Institute, Geneva

M.Sc. Evidence Based Interventions and Policy Evaluations,  University of Oxford 

Ibrahim Saïd is a research associate at the Centre on Conflict, Development and Peace building (CCDP) in Geneva and the co-founder of think ahead, a non-profit research organisation that specialises in the analysis of humanitarian and development policies and practices.

Dr Saïd has a diverse professional and research experience in the development and humanitarian fields. He worked with various UN agencies and consulted with several national and international organisations. His research interests span across the fields of legal and political anthropology, anthropology of human rights, anthropology of policy and governance, and colonial governmentality studies, particularly in the Middle East and North Africa region.

International Negotiations / International Trade, Environment and Development

Pakistani / Swiss

M.B.A, Yale University, USA

M.A. Economics, Karachi University, Pakistan

B.A. Economics and English Literature, GC / Punjab University, Pakistan

Rashid has over 25 years’ experience of international negotiations: as a negotiator (delegate of Pakistan to the WTO, UNCTAD and WIPO), as a senior level staff of a developing country think tank (South Centre) and an international organization (UNCTAD), and as Geneva head of a global NGO from the South (CUTS International). He has participated and closely followed international negotiations in the WTO, UNCTAD, WIPO, UNFCCC, FAO, as well as some regional trade and investment agreements. He has widely published and also taught at the Grenoble University, France, Trade Policy Training Centre in Africa, Arusha, Tanzania, and GC University, Pakistan.  

International Business Negotiations

Swiss/Lebanese

B.Sc. Computer Science. American University of Beirut, Lebanon

M.Sc. Computer Science. University of Washington, WA, USA

MBA. Management & Corporate Finance, HEC Lausanne, Switzerland

Ali joined Microsoft in 1999 in their Redmond headquarters as a Software Engineer in Microsoft Office product group. Since then, he moved throughout different Microsoft Subsidiaries in different digital leadership roles. He is currently leading Microsoft’s Data & AI business in Microsoft Switzerland, in which he establishes strategic partnerships with leading enterprises, including the negotiation of large cloud platform agreements.

Marketing, Communication

Swiss/Portuguese

General Management Programme “Orchestrating Winning Performance”, IMD Business School, Lausanne

Leadership Programme “Mobilising People”, IMD Business School, Lausanne

Executive M.Sc. of Science in Communications Management, University of Lugano

Advanced Strategic Management Session, University of California Los Angeles (UCLA)

Since 2020, Sandro Mesquita is Chief Executive Officer of the Geneva International Motor Show. Previously, he worked 7 years at Publicis Groupe. First as Managing Director of the branding agency MetaDesign and then as Managing Director of Publicis Communications, following more than 20 years’ executive experience in Telecommunications and Energy sectors. Sandro graduated from the University of Lugano with an Executive Master of Science in Communications Management completed with an advanced management program at UCLA and a leadership program at IMD business school in Lausanne.

Digital Media

Swiss/French

M.Sc. in Industrial Engineering, INSA Lyon

B.Sc. in Philosophy, Université Jean Moulin, Lyon, France

After a career in Retail for international corporations like Dixons and Pixmania, François joined Details.ch a leading creative digital agency where he occupied different positions, such as Project Director, Consultant and Account Director. He is a recognized digital strategist with more than 15 years developing customer experiences.

Innovation, Entrepreneurship, Information Technology

Italian/Swiss

PhD in Computer Science, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne (EPFL), Switzerland

MSc in Information Science, University of Pisa, Italy.

PMI-PMP, ITIL v.3 and PRINCE2 certified.

Currently, Professor in Management of Innovation and Entrepreneurship at the Applied Science University of Canton Vaud (HEIG-VD - HES-SO). Adjoint faculty at the Master of International Business, University “Cattolica” in Milano, Italy. InnoSuisse Expert, Trainer and Coach since 2012.

Founder and former CTO of interAnalytics Sàrl. Visiting scholar at Stanford University and UC Berkeley. 30+ years of professional experience in ICT. Worked in the past as Software Engineer at IBM and Apple Italy and as researcher at EPFL, University of Fribourg and University of Geneva. Author of 100+ publications in international journals and conferences. Member of several advisory boards of Swiss startups. Jury member and mentor in several Swiss startup acceleration programs (e.g. MassChallenge, Seedstars World, Venture, Impact Hub).

Digital Marketing & Digital Media

French/Lebanese

Bachelor of Science in Business Administration & Marketing Management, American Business School.

Nicholas is CEO of the Swiss based Publicis Groupe global hub that includes Publicis Conseil, Leo Burnett, Saatchi & Saatchi and Meta Design. Further experience with McCann Worldgroup, Jaeger-LeCoultre, JWT New York, Unilever/Knorr, TBWA France, Adidas AG, Louis XIV-DDB.

International Marketing

Mexican

Master of Business Administration in Sales & Marketing, International Institute in Geneva, Switzerland

Bachelor of Business Administration & Management, Instituto Tecnologico Autonomo de Mexico

Javier is currently the President of Duracell Europe & Africa – Berkshire Hathaway Company. Further experience  with Procter & Gamble for over 13 years as marketing director and senior brand manager in the UK & Ireland. Javier has had more than 18 years of international experience in Business Management, Strategy, Marketing, Brand Management, and Market Research as an executive for Procter & Gamble in Mexico, Belgium, Switzerland, and the UK.  He couples his extensive business management acumen with more than 20 years as teacher, lecturer, and recognized top trainer on diverse marketing and organizational topics.

General education - French

French

Masters Degree in Russian (French as a Foreign Language option) from Nancy, and graduate of the Italian Chambre of Commerce for France.

Vesna has been a Teacher of French as a Foreign Language for more than 10 years, and was the Officer in charge of rare languages at an International School in Geneva before taking over Arnie's Language School. She now teaches French in Arnie's adult department, RL Learning.

Head of Research

Comparative Politics

Russian and Canadian

Ph.D. History, University of Montreal, Montreal, Canada

M.A. History, Paris I Panthéon Sorbonne, Paris, France

B.A. Linguistics and Cross-cultural Communication, Moscow State Linguistic University, Moscow, Russia

Daria Dyakonova was a visiting fellow at the department of International History of the Graduate History of International and Development Studies, Geneva. She taught contemporary history in Montreal and Geneva and participated in a number of research projects funded by Canadian Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council. She studied transnational social movements and international relations and authored books and articles in the field of transnational networks, foreign policy, global labour politics and social rights as well as gender history.

International Law
Italian
 
PhD. International Law, Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies, Geneva
MA, BA Law, University of Milan

Chiara is a Research Fellow at the Geneva Academy, where she works for the Rule of Law in Armed Conflicts project (RULAC). In 2019 she was a visiting Research Fellow at Harvard Law School, where she conducted a postdoctoral research on peace in international law. Her areas of expertise include international humanitarian law, the use of force, and international human rights law. She formerly worked with the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) in Cox’s Bazar (Bangladesh) and Beijing (China). She defended her PhD (summa cum laude avec felicitations du jury) in public international law at the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies in 2018. Her doctoral research investigated how the human rights paradigm has affected the international legal regulation of interventions in non-international armed conflicts.

International Relations
Russian
 
 

PhD in International Economics with a minor in International Law, IHEID, Geneva

MSc in International Strategy and Economics, St Andrews, Scotland

BSc in Mathematics and Economics, Plekhanov Russian Economic Academy, Moscow, Russia

Maria works at the International Trade Center. Her primary research focus is regionalism, international development and trade. She has experience working in both the private sector and academia, and has also held positions at the IMF and the UN Secretariat.

Information Technology
Belgian/Tunisian
 

Ph.D. Computer Sciences, Federal Institute of Technologies in Lausanne - EPFL / Switzerland
Master in Computer Sciences, École Nationale des Sciences de l’Informatique - ENSI / Tunisia

From 2001 to 2005, Yassin Rekik worked as Senior Researcher at EPFL in the field of eLearning and Online Experimentation. Since 2006, he has been an associate professor in computer sciences at HES-SO. He is a specialist in Software Engineering and IT project management. He has led various research projects in the fields of Human Computer Interaction, Serious Gaming, and AR-VR Technologies.

Communication
Venezuelan/Spanish
 
M. Sc. Journalism, Columbia University
B. Sc. Communication, University of Miami

Arianne is an award-winning multimedia journalist, media trainer and lecturer. She has numerous experiences presenting on live television, writing scripts, producing news, videos and documentaries internationally in English, Spanish and French. Her work has appeared on CNN Money Switzerland, Telemundo and NBC News in the United States.

Information Systems Innovation, Digital Transformation 
Swiss

BSc and MSc in Computer Engineering, EPFL, Switzerland

After a career as Software Architect and Project Manager in System Integrators and Hardware/Software companies (incl. Sun Microsystems), Vincent joined Philip Morris International (PMI) in 2005 where he occupied over the past year different positions with growing accountabilities within the Information Services (IS) organization (cumulating to Head of IS Innovation). Since April 2017, Vincent is part of PMI Transformation team acting as Founder and Head of Competency Center for Design Thinking and Lean Enterprise with the mission of deeply and sustainability anchor those new way of working across the company.

Marketing Strategy / International Brand Management / Innovation

Russian 
 

Professional Diploma in Marketing, Chartered Institute of Marketing (CIM), UK
M.Sc. Education in Social Science and Economy, Moscow Pedagogical State University, Russia
B.Sc. Social Science, Moscow Pedagogical State University, Russia

Oksana is a marketing executive with 20 years of experience in portfolio strategy, brand building, consumer insights and product innovation in FMCG multinational companies (Philip Morris International, Nestle). She has been in a global marketing leadership position for the last 10 years. The area of her expertise marries both existing brand portfolio management and new brand creation. She also brings diverse product & packaging development experience and true consumer centricity. In 2019, Mrs. Klepova founded a young company “Grow & Glow Sàrl” specializing in complementary education mainly for children.

Finance
Russian
 
PhD in Management, Finance, University of California in Los Angeles, USA
Diploma in Banking, London School of Economics, UK
BA, MSc in Math with Distinction, PhD in Math (incomplete), Moscow State University, Russia

Elena worked in JPMorgan (UK) fixed income trading desk, was doing portfolio optimization and equity research for asset management funds, and developed online MBA and postgraduate classes in Finance. She teaches multiple courses in Finance, Business Math and Statistics on graduate and undergraduate level, along with preparation for CFA, CIIA, CAIA and FRM certifications. Elena’s research interests include commodity trading, alternative investments and portfolio allocation, and machine learning.

Digital Diplomacy
Trade and Investment Promotion Strategies
Swiss 
 
 

Dipl. Ing. ETHZ, Swiss Institute of Technology, Zurich
Certificate in Teaching, Swiss Institute of Technology, Zurich
D.E.S. International Economy, Graduate Institute of International Studies, Geneva
D.E.S. International Law, Graduate Institute of International Studies, Geneva

As a career negotiator, Christian had several assignments with the Swiss government, including the Mission of Switzerland to the EU in Brussels. He also is a former Swiss chief negotiator for trade in services and electronic commerce. Former Executive Director of IDEAS Centre in Geneva.

Human Resources Management
German 
 
Ph.D. and M.A., University of Heidelberg, Germany.
Senior Scientist at EPFL - École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne.

Katharina has over 14 years of professional experience in international corporations as well as academic institutions. She currently holds a research position at EPFL and joined IIG in spring 2018. From 2004 until 2016 Katharina lived in China and worked for organizations such as the German Delegation of Industry & Commerce, Allianz Insurance and Tongji University Shanghai.

She is an accredited Coach (Int. Coaching Federation) and a Hogan Assessment Practitioner.

Director, Global Partnership Development, Asia Pacific
International Business
Chinese

M.Sc. in Business Enterprise, Oxford Brookes University, England
M.B.A, Oxford Brookes University, England, Executive Master in
Global Leadership, World Economic Forum (Switzerland) in
collaboration with Columbia University/ INSEAD/Wharton-
University of Pennsylvania/London Business School

Jessie is a mission-oriented professional with over 15 years of Fortune 500 and global non-profit experience. She held leadership roles in multi-national businesses and private enterprises, was responsible for Public Private Partnership (C-suite) and government relations; increased thought leadership among partners; and sustainability-focused corporate strategy. She taught and served as a member of the Dean's Advisory Board at Oxford Brookes University, and is the Founder and Managing Director of an educational consulting company.

Department Head, Bachelor's Programs
Finance & Economics
Swiss and Jordanian 
 

Doctor of Business, University of Plymouth (UK)
MMB Master of Money & Banking, American University of Beirut (AUB)- Lebanon
B.Sc. Economics & Accounting, University of Jordan
 

Nawal has over fifteen years’ experience handling senior executive positions at local & international financial institutions; and seven years teaching and training experience in Swiss universities. She is the Founder and Director of NWNT Consulting Sàrl, Geneva.

Information Technology
Greek

Ph.D. in Informatics, University of Geneva, Switzerland
M.Sc. in Engineering Management, Greece
B.Sc. in Electronic and Computer Engineering, Greece

Nikos has more than 20 years of experience in designing, building, and evaluating intelligent systems using speech and language technologies. In the past, he worked as a Software Engineer developing products for major telecommunication vendors. In the context of various projects, he performed user studies for addressing the factors that influence the success and failure of human-machine interfaces. Currently, he is employed as a Research Associate at the University of Geneva, where he co-authored more than 50 research publications. He also served as an Expert Reviewer for the European Commission. At IIG he is involved in teaching activities in the area of Computer Science.

Business Policy
French

M.Sc. Engineering, National Institute of Applied Sciences, France

E.M.B.A. International Institute in Geneva

Marketing and Strategic Planning with multinationals such as Siemens and SITA

Pierre-Yves holds a master degree in Telecommunications & IT engineering and an Executive MBA from International Institute in Geneva. He worked for international corporations like Siemens, Equant, SITA, SITAONAIR and accumulated over 20 years international experience in air transport IT & Communications in various management position from strategic technical planning, product management, product marketing, business development, program management and innovation.

Academic Dean
Social Psychology / Communications
Indian

Ph.D. Social Work, University of Delhi, India
M.A. Media, Communications and Advertising, University of Leicester, UK
M.A. Social Work, University of Delhi, India
B.A. Psychology, University of Delhi, India

Surabhi has over 30 years of experience in teaching at Undergraduate, Graduate and Doctoral level in the areas of psychology, gender studies, communication, culture and social research.  She has served in different capacities as a research coordinator at University of Delhi and IIG. She has extensive experience of supervising research at both MPhil and Phd level in diverse fields ranging from health, education, gender empowerment, income generation and poverty alleviation. She has worked as Director of a rural based project initiated by Delhi University on women’s development which aimed at providing preventive health care services, reproductive health care services and services for HIV/AIDS.

Department Head, International Relations Programs
International Relations
French 

Ph.D. Political Science, Graduate Institute of International Studies, Geneva
Master in International Relations & Political Science, Graduate Institute of International Studies, Geneva
B.A Sciences Po, Lyon, France

Aline held research positions in various institutions such as the Global Policy Forum, New York City; WaterLex, Geneva; IUHEID; Institute Kurt Bösch, Sion, Switzerland. Author in the field of global environmental governance, international water law and policy, hydropolitics, water markets and climate change.

Financial and Managerial Accounting, Auditing
Russian 

M.Sc. (DES), University of Geneva, Switzerland

B.A. Economics, Higher School of Economics (HSE) - National Research University, Russia

Fellow Chartered Certified Accountant (FCCA) - Association of Chartered Certified Accountants

Certified Internal Auditor (CIA) - Institute of Internal Auditors

Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA) - Information Systems Audit and Control Association

Pavel Savitch has over 20 years of professional experience in Finance and Accounting, Audit and Risk Management, IT and Project Management; most of which were gained in the Air Transport Industry (ATI). In his prior academic role as “Accounting, Economics and Finance” Unit Coordinator Mr. Savitch drove the Unit preparation towards ACBSP accreditation, ensured the operational management of the Unit and coordination of the academic programs.

International Relations
Bulgarian/Swiss

Ph.D. International Relations, University of Geneva
D.E.S. International Relations, University of Geneva
M.A. International Relations, Moscow State Institute of International Relations
 

Mr. Apostolov works for an International Organization in Geneva.

Geopolitical Analysis / Geoeconomics
Swiss/Canadian 

Ph.D. Geopolitics, University of Geneva, Switzerland
Postgraduate Degrees in European Studies and Philosophy, University of Geneva
M.A. Political Science, University of Toulouse, France
B.A. Political Science, Concordia University, Montreal, Canada
 

Co-founder of the Geneva Institute of Geopolitical Studies.

Academic Director of the Multilateral Diplomacy Program of the School for International Training.

Published several books and artices in geopolitics, geoeconomics and economic intelligence.

Director of Doctorate Programs
Information Technology
Turkish

Leadership Executive program, IMD, Switzerland

Ph.D. Computer Science, EGE University, Turkey

M.Sc. Computer Science, EGE University, Turkey

B.Sc. Computer Science and Engineering, Hacettepe University, Turkey

Before joining IIG in 2011, Dogan spent nearly two decades at a major FMCG company where he had progressed through several roles as Head of IT in two markets and Global Head of Enterprise IT Architecture. He developed data strategies, initiated and implemented digital transformations, data driven solutions, and managed IT analysts, programmers, architects, and data engineering teams. He had started his career in academia as an adjunct faculty and research associate at universities in Turkey and USA specialized in databases and object-oriented software engineering platforms. In addition to teaching courses at IIG, he provides mentoring for several startups.

International Relations
Swiss/Serbian 

B.A. Sociology, Faculty of Philosophy, University of Belgrade, Serbia
Graduate Certificate, Development Studies, IUED, University of Geneva, Switzerland
Graduate Diploma, American Studies, Smith College (MA), USA
D.E.S. Ph.D., International Relations, IUHEI, University of Geneva, Switzerland

Goran is the Academic Director of the Banking, Finance and Social Responsibility program at the School for International Training. Visiting Professor at the universities in Afghanistan, Caribbean, Greece, Iran, Saudi Arabia, Switzerland, etc. Widely published in international relations and political communication. He previously worked as the International Relations Department Head at IIG (2007-2011); and as a Scientific Director at the Audiovisual Unit, IUHEI, Geneva, Switzerland (2000-2005).

Vice-President for External Relations
Negotiation
American
 

D.B.A. h.c. Davenport University, USA
M.A., M.B.A., University of Detroit, USA
B.A. Detroit Institute of Technology, USA

Harvard trained negotiator.
Former UN senior administrator.
Co-author of Global Business Negotiations and International Trade Promotion.

Claude is currently Vice President for external relations at IIG. Over the years, he has lectured at the Institut International d’Administration Publique, Ecole Nationale d’Administration (ENA), Paris School of Management, the University in Prague and Anahuac University in Mexico and carried out consultancies to trade promotion organisations. He has co-authored textbooks on business negotiations, global tradew, and trade promotion strategies. He holds graduate degrees in economics and business administration from the university of Detroit, recipient of honorary degrees and the 75^th Medal of Excellence from the Helsinki School of Economics.

Law
American

Juris Doctor in Law (magna cum laude), Cleveland State University Law School
LL.M. in International and Comparative Law (with distinction), Georgetown University Law Center
B.A. English Literature and Language (cum laude), Barat College

Ms Catliota was engaged in private practice for over 10 years with law firms in the United States, before moving to the public sector, where she has served as legal counsel with the US Department of State (Office of the Legal Advisor); the United Nations Compensation Commission; and the World Health Organization and as General Counsel for the Millennium Foundation.

Marketing, Strategy
Swiss/Greek 

Senior Executive programs at Stanford, INSEAD, and London Business School
DiplM, MCIM, The Chartered Institute of Marketing, UK
B.Sc., Economics, Athens University, Greece

John has been for over 20 years in senior Marketing positions with Colgate-Palmolive and Hewlett Packard, for over 10 years the CEO-Europe for Energizer and Invensys Controls, and is currently advising Private Equities and Investment Banks (TowerBrooks Capital).

Communications
British

B.A. Psychology, University of Nottingham

M.Sc. Psychology, London School of Economics

Ph.D. Psychology, London School of Economics 
 

Trainer with the Chartered Institute of Public Relations, UK, offering training in all aspects of communication, public affairs and measurement and evaluation in communication practice